All or Nothing | | Cast : | Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen | | Director : | Mike Leigh | | Studio : | MGM/UA Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 01, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | September 02, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | May 05, 2005 | | Summary | depressing but good | Content
 | Like many films from Leigh, you probably don't want to watch if you're feeling down. It's not a light film or an uplifting one. But, I thought it was very well done and acted and believable. Is it an accurage reflection of working-class life in the UK? I don't know. But, it's worth watching as a well-done film. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 01, 2005 | | Summary | Mike Leigh | Content
| It is hard to think of another more consistently powerful film director than England's Mike Leigh and "All or Nothing" is yet another example of his exemplary work.
Many here have used the word "depressing" to describe this movie and, if you don't look very far from the surface, that is understandable. Look a little deeper and you see redemption at play in the lives of these characters whose lives seem stuck in permanent reverse.
"All or Nothing" features some mainstays of Mike Leigh films in its cast, including Timothy Spall ("Secrets and Lies," "Life is Sweet") Lesley Manville ("Secrets and Lies," "High Hopes") and Ruth Sheen ("High Hopes") and each are superb here. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 15, 2004 | | Summary | The life as a depressing thing | Content
| I think that Mr. Leigh is a truly good director. His work is honest, not common in cinema show.
But, "All or Nothing" is really depress movie. From the begginning to the end. All is full of problems. It's like a clichè: poor people, weak people, unsmart people, unhappy people, unsane people, violent people, fat people, ugly people.
C'mon Mr. Leigh: life's not too good, but on the other hand, it's not too bad. Please put your great gift in the other side of life and you give us a smile¡ You can do this¡ |
| Rating | | | Date | February 10, 2004 | | Summary | prozac nation, if they could find some! | Content
| Just like all of Leigh's films, you commit to them and want to own them. This one however, has no real comic relief and frankly I couldn't shake the mild depression I developed while watching. Be careful, this a great movie but a real downer. |
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