Life Is Sweet (1991)
Genre Comedy, Drama
Movie Release Date 1991
Country UK
Language English
Audience Rating R
Running Time 103 mins
Format VHS-ORG
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.4
Cast
Alison Steadman Wendy
Jim Broadbent Andy
Claire Skinner Natalie
Jane Horrocks Nicola
Stephen Rea Patsy
Timothy Spall Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner
David Thewlis Nicola's Lover
Moya Brady Paula, Aubrey's Cook
David Neilson Steve the Plumber
Harriet Thorpe Bunnikins' Customer
Crew
Director Mike Leigh
Writer Mike Leigh
Producer Simon Channing-Williams
Plot
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, leads aerobics at a primary school, jokes like a vaudevillian, agrees to waitress at a friend's new restaurant and dotes on Andy, a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, and with a drunken friend, buys a broken down lunch wagon. Natalie, with short neat hair and a snappy, droll manner, is a plumber; she has a holiday planned in America, but little else. Last is Nicola, odd man out: a snarl, big glasses, cigarette, mussed hair, jittery fingers, bulimic, jobless, and unhappy. How they interact and play out family conflict and love is the film's subject.
Personal Details
Rating
Seen It Yes
Collection Status In Collection
Links IMDB
Edition Details
Format VHS-ORG
Release Country Denmark
TV System PAL
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.66:1
Subtitles Danish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Stereo