Life Is Sweet
Summary:
Mike Leigh's situation comedy about a lower middle-class family in the London suburbs is a slice-of-life chronicle that subtly reveals the pain and rage underneath the surface of day-to-day conventions. The youngish parents, Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) live with their 20-something twin daughters, Nicola (Jane Horrocks) and Natalie (Claire Skinner). Nat... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Alison Steadman - (Wendy)
Jim Broadbent - (Andy)
Timothy Spall - (Aubrey)
Claire Skinner - (Natalie)
Jane Horrocks - (Nicola)
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Review:
"Devised and directed" by Mike Leigh, Life is Sweet (1991) concentrates on the small epiphanies, humorous eccentricities, and poignant failures that mark an oddball working-class family's quotidian existence in a London suburb. Working with extensive rehearsals and improvisations rather than a pre-prepared screenplay, Leigh and his cast fo... Continue >>
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