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Life Is Sweet

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Life Is Sweet

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Summary

Comedy drama starring Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent. Andy and Wendy are an ordinary couple who go through life struggling to cope with their own problems as well as those of their grown-up twin daughters.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Writer/director Mike Leigh is on top form in this superbly observed satire on late-Thatcherite Britain. The wincingly funny and socially astute script touches on such issues as bulimia, free enterprise and social ambition without ever labouring the point. Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent are outstanding as the thoroughly decent working-class couple who watch their daughters develop with a mixture of pride and regret. Jane Horrocks does Essex slacker teen with great conviction, while Claire Skinner impresses as her tomboy sister, and Timothy Spall is sweatily repellent as a wannabe restaurateur. Naked and Secrets and Lies won the prizes, but this is perhaps Leigh's finest work.

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7.4/10

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Cast

rolenameWendyAlison SteadmanAndyJim BroadbentNicolaJane HorrocksNatalieClaire SkinnerPatsyStephen ReaAubreyTimothy SpallNicola's loverDavid ThewlisPaulaMoya BradySteveDavid NeilsonCustomerHarriet ThorpeChefPaul TrusselNigelJack Thorpe Baker

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rolenameDirectorMike Leigh

Details

Theatrical distributor

Palace Pictures

Released on

1991-03-22

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains swearing, sex scenes and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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