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All or Nothing

2002

Mike Leigh

Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland, James Corden ...

7.1

2,117

Drama. Romance Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory 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. All or Nothing is set on a London working-class ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"All the drinking, arguing and brooding, which in lesser hands might have produced oppressive and unvarying dreariness, somehow adds up to a tableau of extraordinary vividness and variety."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Sad, funny, poignant and deeply enjoyable (...) Leigh's actors give ebullient and well-considered performances and this, together with Andrew Dickson's yearning musical score, creates a richly satisfying picture (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It is not depressing because Leigh, who in his earlier films might have found a few laughs at the expense of his characters, clearly loves these people and cares for them (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Overall the film is perceptive, often hilarious, and sometimes quite harrowing in its stark, brutal honesty."	POS
United Kingdom	Nick Dawson Empire	"Boasting solid performances from the leads (...) 'All Or Nothing' is a dark and intelligent insight into the alienated and dislocated lives of the British working class (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jamie Russell BBC	"Anchored by [Spall's] excruciatingly accurate central performance, 'All or Nothing' is a heartbreaking, yet curiously uplifting, film (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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