Life Is Sweet

– Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy c..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 43 Minutes
Release Year:
1990
Life Is Sweet (1990)

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.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
UK
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Genre:

Life Is Sweet (1990) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Dec 1991

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Mike Leigh

Writer:

Mike Leigh

Main Actors:

Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks

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.

Awards:

8 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Republic Pictures Home Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
Metacritic:
88%