Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet

  • Director: Mike Leigh
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: December 1991
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Livet leker!
  • "Life Is Sweet" is a comedy film directed by Mike Ray and starring Jim Broadbent and Jane Horrocks .
    The film tells the story of Wendy and her husband Andy having two daughters, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy's duty is virtuous and manages the affairs of the family, large and small, while Andy works hard and hopes to be able to stand on his own one day.

    Details

    • Release date December 1991
    • Filming locations 7 Wolsey Road, Enfield, London, England, UK
    • Production companies British Screen Productions, Channel Four Films, Thin Man Films

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,516,414

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $12,856

    Gross worldwide

    $1,516,414

    Movie reviews

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    • By Ulices 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      this is how life should be

      The parents of ordinary British families that spanned only a few days are short, talkative, noisy, but not boring. The dialogue between Wendy and Nicola is very classic, Wendy's magical laughter can always beat the haze, Wendy's mentality is too good, anything in life Not easy can be repelled by her demonic laughter. The movie takes the trivia of life in a warm and unpretentious manner. You will sigh that what the director is shooting is life, and every character is so lovable! Even if life...

    • By Eldora 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      sweet life

      It takes a lot of patience and concentration for a director to shoot a subject without getting tired of it.

      Just as the Danish film master Dreyer shot religious themes throughout his life, all the films made by the famous British director Mike Lee so far are related to family issues. Whether it was "Secrets and Lies" (1996), which brought him the Palme d'Or at Cannes, or "Naked" (1993), which won him the "Best Director" award at Cannes, everything is related to family....

    • By Ethel 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      Life is hard and beautiful

      The biggest feature of Mike Leigh's works is that it can express the mediocre life like flowing clouds and water, and at the same time, it can also firmly grasp the interest of people to watch it. His perspective is always aimed at the British civilian class, and in the style of realism, he tirelessly prepares layers of characters and emotional conflicts, and finally pushes it to a climax. Seemingly aimlessly depicting the survival of small people, it always inadvertently reveals thoughts on...

    • By Tate 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      life is sweet

      I really like Timothy Spall's sad and tender "Nothing". In this comedy "Sweet", which is 100% sunny in terms of both the movie title and the plot, Spo plays an off-line funny guy, and his role is not heavy. I feel that after 12 years, not only has he gained a lot of weight, but his acting skills are also much calmer and more textured.
      The film is always in the style of Mike Lee, the common people's home in the United Kingdom, where life is trivial, joy and trouble coexist. This one is much...

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    • By Sophia 2023-08-23 08:11:03

      Like a Wes Anderson movie with many times weirder characters. The whole film seems to accumulate emotions for the mother-daughter conversation near the end of the film, but even here it is in the same tone as the whole film, life is witty and...

    • By Cassandra 2023-08-15 01:34:42

      Life is very simple, happiness and sadness are very simple...ps actress looks like Harry...

    • By Edison 2023-08-14 15:53:05

      Like Wes Anderson, it's a small format, and every movie has the same set. A whirlpool of life, each character cute and a little pathetic, sitcom-like but full of realistic little pains. I still prefer Miss Sunshine, because it's more sunny after...

    • By Casper 2023-07-30 23:56:33

      Real life has contradictions and ups and downs. Although there are no major fluctuations, the warmth is still there, and the rhythm is slow and...

    • By Torey 2023-07-26 09:41:54

      In RIFF's rush to the field, the essence is brewed at the...

    Movie plot

    Wendy (Alison Steadman) and her husband Andy (Jim Broadbent) have been married for many years, and they have two daughters, Natalie (Claire Skinner) and Nicky. Gula (Jane Horrocks Jane Horrocks). Wendy is virtuous and manages the affairs of the family, large and small, while Andy works hard and hopes to be able to stand on his own one day.
    Natalie is a plumber, with a cheerful personality, she yearns for a free and unrestrained life and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Nicola: Racist!

    • Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner: [drunkenly] Come on you bastards! I'm open! I'm ready! I'm waiting for you! This is what you've all been waiting for! Come and get it! Fish wives. Footballers. You English dickhead! You can stick to your fish and chips! Go on, go and get cancer! Thousand pounds. Ten thousand pounds! Go on mate, cook him! You working class morons! Go and eat your own shit! Go on! Go on!

    • Wendy: That is enough. No more. Right? 'Cause you're being a naughty boy.