Another Year

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Terry B @moviegawd Feb 12 While many see Tom and Gerri as the "ideal" couple, Another Year is actually a chilling study in moral superiority. Throughout the film, their kitchen table serves as a high court where they sit in silent judgment of their "lesser" friends. The treatment of Mary is particularly grueling. They offer her tea and sympathy while exchanging "can-you-believe-this?" glances over her head. They don't truly help her; they observe her like a specimen in a jar. Whether it’s a divorced Mary or a troubled Carl, Tom and Gerri remain perched on a pedestal, acting aloof and "above it all." Their happiness feels performative, fed by the constant reassurance that they are better than the lonely people in their orbit. Leigh is a master of realism, but here, the tone is mean-spirited. You leave the film realizing the central couple isn't the heart of the story—they are the most judgmental characters in it. A well-acted but deeply frustrating experience. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Dec 3 Funny in 02 hours and 09 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worldwide gross is $19,722,766.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Some Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Graham F @RT79877822 02/11/2025 What a brilliant film I was feeling pretty poor with flu or something so this mb wasn't the best choice when you are already feeling grim but am so glad I watched it. The acting is superb. The 'stereotypes' are spot-on. It had a sense (from the start) that something awful was going to happen but thankfully nothing did, I cared for the each of the characters, apart from son Carl, so wanted them to be ok. They weren't all ok tho as the theme running in it seems to be drink altho everyone in it drinks. Some just drink more successfully than others and no-one in the film chastises others for drinking. I found the 'WINTER' part the most compelling as a new character (Ronnie) appeared and there are some fantastic scenes with him and Mary, who is in it throughout. The successful, educated characters in the film were all very good people but, as in real life, they know how to talk to match the situation. The two less fortunate characters' dialogue with each other was much more raw. Mary talked out of nervousness and Ronnie didn't feel the need to talk unless he had something to say. There was quite a haunting scene at the end where these two characters were left in silence during very realistic dinner-table chat amongst the others. See more John W @Magnumman 09/29/2024 Superbly acted, but also easily one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen. Unlike "Secrets and Lies," where Mike Leigh showed remarkable compassion for all of his characters, "Another Year" presents the "misfit" characters as merely pitiable. Do NOT watch this if you are single, in any way awkward or insecure about anything, or have ever felt like an outsider. This is for the smugly privileged/lucky ones who will pat themselves on the back for pitying the misfits. See more Josh W @RT68414421 08/14/2024 A movie for only the most patient of film viewers, I caught Another Year on tubi (not listed on rottentomatoes). After some time is invested, the empathetic viewer will be rewarded with what I thought was a very original, maybe even ground-breaking, focus on facial expressions as characters interact with a needy friend. And it feels VERY real. On a side note: I don't know if this was intended by the director, but I found much humor in the interactions involving David Bradley. A man I only know as Argus Filch / Walder Frey plays a real person with some actual dimension in a scene that almost had me rolling on the floor. See more Douglas Oliver S @RT53570931 01/30/2024 This movie portrays the self righteous human capacity to disregard a human being in favor of labels such as an alcoholic, depressive and so on. The commonality of the therapist that knows everything except how to treat a friend with loyalty. The so called happy professional couple gradually dumping this old friend if she ever was one to them on the curb when things get inconvenient. She becomes their inside joke. Even the brother taken in while grieving his wife's death is a stranger in this so called perfect home. The obvious mistake was to believe these friends that Mary idolized would care for her. The last dinner scene is perfect as it shows the brother and Mary completely lost and shut out. Masterfully done. It shows how subtle indifference can be such a cruel thing. See more Read all reviews

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