Another Year (2010)
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Critic Consensus: Characterized by strong performances and the director's trademark feel for the nuances of everyday life, Another Year marks another solid entry in Mike Leigh's career of kitchen-sink English drama.
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Cast
as Tom
as Gerri
as Mary
as Joe
as Ken
as Carl
as Katie
as Tanya
as Jack
as Janet
as Tom's Colleague
as Mourner
as Mourner
as Mourner
as Vicar
as Mr. Gupta
as Mr. Gupta
as Mr. Gupta's Friend
as Drill Worker
as Allotment Lady
as Man in Bar
as Girl in Bar
as Jack
Critic Reviews for Another Year
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There is something radical in the way Leigh creates such an intimate, closely observed portrait of a marriage and then essentially takes it for granted, looking elsewhere for the drama to propel the narrative.
See it at your own risk -- but don't miss it.
This humane movie is an ode to joy, albeit of the mature sort.
Desperation and fulfillment, anxiety and warmth, pain and contentment -- all come together in the darkly splendid Another Year.
Mike Leigh's films are one of a kind.
Another marvel of perfectly drawn, fully realized characters created from the ground up and brought to aching and glorious life.
Audience Reviews for Another Year
A fascinating drama that slowly grows on us with a simple yet nuanced story that follows a year in the life of normal people. The whole cast is fantastic, and Lesley Manville deserves an Oscar for her outstanding performance as Mary the eccentric friend.
Super Reviewer
A couple's dysfunctional friends have problems associated with depression and failed relationships. Mike Leigh's films are character pieces that occasionally revolve around a theme, but Another Year lacks a central theme or compelling characters. The film is episodic, and the central characters, played by Jim Broadbent and Lesley Manville, survive the film without any profound challenges or conflicts. In essence, they are perfect and everyone around them are fucked up, which makes them boring sticks in the wind. The other characters fail to compel any great emotion. I've read other reviewers whose positive reviews suggest that this film is an affirmation of life. Besides the fact that affirmations of life don't do much for a cynical old bastard like me, true affirmations of life come because one is challenged and survives, not because one looks detached at others' troubles. Overall, I'm starting to give up on Mike Leigh, especially after that Happy Go Lucky shit.
Super Reviewer
More aptly titled Another 100 Years. One long slog of misery. I kept watching because of all the fine actors in this but it was grindingly downbeat. I've watched other Mike Leigh films so was prepared for a somber tone but this one took it to the extreme. Dreary.
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Another Year Quotes
| Carl: | Don't need an interrogation. |
| Mary: | It's so exciting, isn't it? I feel like Thelma and Louise. This little car is going to change my life. |
| Gerri: | Life's not always kind, is it? |
| Mary: | No, it isn't, Gerri. |
| Tom: | It's the young person's prerogative to be noisy. |