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Life Is Sweet / The Short And Curlies [VHS] [1990]
 
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Life Is Sweet / The Short And Curlies [VHS] [1990]

VHS ~ Alison Steadman
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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  • Actors: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks
  • Directors: Mike Leigh
  • Format: HiFi Sound, PAL
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Imagine Home Entertainments
  • Run Time: 117 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000050YLS
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,004 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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    #6 in  Video > World Cinema > Directors > Leigh, Mike
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'Life Is Sweet' from writer/director Mike Leigh is a witty and observant study of an everyday family and the chaotic events in their lives. 'The Short And Curlies' is an 18 minute film, also from Mike Leigh, which alternates between Joy, an assistant in a chemist's shop who dreams of her ideal man, and Clive, a one-line joker who hangs around the shop.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Life is sweet" is a poignant portrait of family life., 12 Feb 2001
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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