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Life Is Sweet is a 1990 British comedy-drama film directed by Mike Leigh, starring Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks and Timothy Spall. Leigh's third cinematic film, it was his most commercially successful title at the time of release.
Comedy. 102 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 1991. Roger Ebert. December 24, 1991. 4 min read. Most movies begin by knowing everything about their characters. “Life is Sweet” seems to make discoveries as it goes along; it really feels as if the story is as surprising to the characters as it is to us.
Life Is Sweet: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks. A shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters go about their lives in a working-class London suburb.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Mike Leigh
- 1991-12
The working-class malaise of suburban London is captured in this comedic drama, which focuses on twin sisters Natalie (Claire Skinner) and Nicola (Jane Horrocks) and their parents: easygoing Andy...
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- Mike Leigh
- R
- Alison Steadman
Mar 22, 1991 · Life Is Sweet is a 1990 British comedy-drama film directed by Mike Leigh, starring Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks and Timothy Spall. Leigh's third cinematic film, it was his most commercially successful title at the time of its release.
- Mike Leigh
Two strangers share a fleeting connection in this subtle and delicate drama. Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless.
Sep 10, 2012 · Film. Life Is Sweet. Monday 10 September 2012. Written by SGr. Time Out says. A splendid follow-up to High Hopes, in which Leigh's improvisational method achieves symmetry in the form of two...
