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All
Or Nothing |
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Release
Date: October 18th 2002
Distributor: Unknown
Certificate: 18
Starring: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland, James
Corden
Director: Mike
Leigh
Running Time:
128
minutes |
| Penny's
(Manville) love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil (Spall), has run dry.
He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket.
Their daughter Rachel (Garland) cleans in a home for elderly people, and
their son Rory (Corden) is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out
of Phil's and Penny's life, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they
are brought together to rediscover their love. |
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or Nothing is set on a London working-class housing estate over a long weekend,
and also tells the stories of a range of Phil and Penny's neighbours, some
of whom become involved in the family's lives, and all of whom experience
an emotional journey. |
Mike
Liegh gets back to making the sort of films that we expect from him, after
the relatively ineffectual ‘Topsy-Turvy’. Instilling ‘All
Or Nothing’ with his characteristic grittiness, he manages not to
overlook the comic elements in this tale of an ordinary family in a fairly
ordinary situation.
Timothy Spall (after a couple of Hollywood roles, including ‘Rock
Star’ and ‘Vanilla Sky’) gets back to doing what he is
best at in this film – playing ordinary people.
Possibly Leigh’s best work since ‘Naked’, and well worth
seeing. |
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