Life Is Sweet (1990)
- Starring:
- Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mike Leigh
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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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 20-something twin daughters, Nicola (Jane Horrocks) and Natalie (Claire Skinner). Natalie, a plumber's assistant, is clean-cut and forever looks on the bright side of life. Nicola, who is unemployed, has nothing but contempt for conventionality. As the daughters deal with the obsessively sunny Wendy and the lackadaisical Andy, and confront a succession of ne'er-do-well friends and neighbors, a darker picture is painted of this normal family -- particularly Nicola, who is convinced she is fat and ugly (despite her emaciated appearance), with Natalie being a constant rebuke to her. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Alison Steadman - Wendy
- Timothy Spall - Aubrey
- Jane Horrocks - Nicola
- Moya Brady - Paula
- David Neilson - Steve
- Harriet Thorpe - Customer
- Jim Broadbent - Andy
- Claire Skinner - Natalie
- David Thewlis - Nicola's Lover
- Stephen Rea - Patsy
- Jack Thorpe Baker - Nigel
- Director(s):
- Mike Leigh
- Writer(s):
- Mike Leigh
- Producer(s):
- Simon Channing-Williams
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Sexual Situations, Not For Children)
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- 1990 - Life Is Sweet - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actress
- 1990 - Life Is Sweet - National Society of Film Critics - Best Supporting Actress
- 1990 - Life Is Sweet - National Society of Film Critics - Best Actress
- 1990 - Life Is Sweet - National Society of Film Critics - Best Picture
