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Life Is Sweet / The Short And Curlies [1990] | ![Life Is Sweet / The Short And Curlies [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41WDWJZT5JL._SL160_.jpg)
enlarge | Director: Mike Leigh Actors: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks Studio: Imagine Home Entertainments Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 8620
Format: Hifi Sound, Pal Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Media: VHS Tape Number Of Items: 1 Running Time: 117
EAN: 5025446100058 ASIN: B000050YLS
Theatrical Release Date: 1990 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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"Life is sweet" is a poignant portrait of family life. February 12, 2001 20 out of 20 found this review helpful
Watch out for an early appearence by Jane Horrocks as anorexic/agoraphobic Natalie in a family as dysfunctional as any you've ever known. Mike Leigh directs this brilliant sprawling drama with understated aplomb,following four people united by a surname and divided by their differing personalities in a hot London summer. Meet their friends and lovers, take a peek at their jobs and get a taste of working class life. The only change is that instead of staid TV stereotypes you will see people as they really are --- funnier and sadder --- and that perhaps is what we can learn from the film. There is no story as such .... just a chaotic effort by Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent to survive one week to the next and understand their twin daughters as they surface into the adult world. Everything is here; angst, poverty, mental illness and Timothy Spall as Aubrey, New Britains most unsuccesful entrepreneur who opens a restaurant, with no regrets except that no one turns up on it"s opening night! It's hankie time though when Mother and unhappy daughter finally face a few home truths.... You'll laugh, cry and think about the issues cleverly raised by this picture.
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