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Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet (1990)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 87% of users liked it
    (3,962 ratings)

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… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Mike Leigh
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 22, 1991 Wide
Republic Pictures Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The director's wife at the time, Alison Steadman, stealing the show as Wendy the nurturing suburban housewife survivor.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Explores the personal and economic lives of a lower middle-class English family in hard times.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Ross C


    A portrait of Enfield chavdom in 1990. Crazy, ugly, genius.

  • Anthony L


    Classic Mike Leigh - Unpretentious, unsweetened social realism that is loved by the pretentious, is as sweet as sugar and will have the BFI mob stating things like 'I knew those people/I ate in the Regret Rien/It's funny because it's true' . I love it, I'm in… More

  • Nicki M


    This is a great movie. Jane Horrocks is excellent in it. Funny while being sad at the same time. Must watch it again sometime.

  • John B


    Yuck! What a disappointment in going back to see classic Mike Leigh. What a way he has come since then and thank God. This was not particularly memorable. For Leigh completists only.

  • Mike T


    What initially comes across as an absurd comedy is actually a sensitive and socially aware study of relationships within a family. This is a very funny film, but it manages to tap into all aspects of the emotional spectrum and works as a drama as well. All of the performances are… More

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