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Another Year Reviews

2010

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Another Year is a touching comedic drama which follows happily-married couple Tom and Gerri and their dysfunctional friends and family over four seasons; a grown son who can't seem to meet the right girl; an overweight friend; a depressive brother; and a lonely hard-drinking divorced co-worker. Read more

Starring	Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Stuart McQuarrie
Director	Mike Leigh
Genres	Comedy, Drama

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- - 59
  - 16
  Anguish in suburbia
  
  A typical Mike Leigh film, about relationships, loneliness and coping in 21st century Britain. Wonderful acting throughout and though the plot is minimal ... read more »
  
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  - crumblie
  - 28 reviews
  - Attleborough
  - 05 Nov 2010 at 16:06
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  - 1
  Beige bordering on taupe
  
  Maybe I'm missing something.. the trailer promised much but the film delivered so little. Absolutely NO plot whatsoever. The characters were all believable ... read more »
  
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- - Howy5150
  - 1 review
  - 22 May 2012 at 11:53
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  - 1
  Another Mike Leigh Film
  
  At least with Mike Leigh you know you're going to get a superior class of paint drying. The trailer is entertaining, the film isnt.
  
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- 1118212
- - Nevilleccommon
  - 6 reviews
  - 10 May 2012 at 23:00
- - 2
  - 1
  Hugely disappointing
  
  Very disappointing, promised so much at the outset and some believable and sympathetic characters and great acting by Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen, but the ... read more »
  
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- - scrumptiouscreamteas
  - 1 review
  - 03 May 2012 at 20:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Another Patronising Slice of Tedium
  
  After the shocking Happy-Go-Lucky (basically the film version of the trite phrase 'You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here But It Helps') this shows ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 02 May 2012 at 08:29
- - 1
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  Depressing, dull and disappointing
  
  The cast seemed great and the story looked ok, but so slow and drawn out, felt really depressed after watching, give it a miss!
  
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- 1115210
- - Suer
  - 6 reviews
  - 29 Apr 2012 at 16:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Heart-warming and feel-good
  
  Lovely film, perfect with a pot of tea. A few of the reviews on here say the film doesn't go anywhere, the truth is it's not really meant to. A ... read more »
  
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- - akitaphil
  - 11 reviews
  - London
  - 24 Apr 2012 at 09:39
- - 0
  - 0
  Another Year, Great Film
  
  Gentle and pleasant to watch. You feel you know the people and have sympathy for them. Mike Leigh at his best.
  
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- - a customer
  - 21 Apr 2012 at 16:29
- - 3
  - 0
  Don't touch it.
  
  awful film, dullest 2 hours of my life. Film didn't go anywhere, just one big conversation. Don't touch it with a barge pole!
  
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- 1111070
- - jesslovesjelly
  - 3 reviews
  - 14 Apr 2012 at 17:27
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  - 0
  Another Cracker!
  
  Another fine character piece from Mike Leigh in good form again. Superb acting from all the cast especially Lesley Manville as Mary. The suspense in some scenes... read more »
  
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  - 07 Apr 2012 at 14:03
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  - 0
  Slow and annoying
  
  This is the first Mike Leigh film I've ever seen and I've a feeling it will be my last. I found it dull, plotless and slow.
  
  Although the ... read more »
  
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- - noisybutnice
  - 1 review
  - 06 Apr 2012 at 23:27
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- - 59
  - 16
  Anguish in suburbia
  
  A typical Mike Leigh film, about relationships, loneliness and coping in 21st century Britain. Wonderful acting throughout and though the plot is minimal ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 937394
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  
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  - crumblie
  - 28 reviews
  - Attleborough
  - 05 Nov 2010 at 16:06
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  - 3
  Another misguided review?
  
  From the man who bought you films entitled 'Life is sweet' and 'Happy go lucky' comes the latest in a series of home spun, feelgood comedies.read more »
  
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  - SeekerSolace
  - 36 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 14 Nov 2010 at 19:30
- - 6
  - 1
  Our national treasure
  
  Mike Leigh is 67 and has been making films for more than 30 years and working with actors for many more years than that. This is the latest of his ‘slice ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Nov 2010 at 20:34
- - 6
  - 4
  Another year? I cant stand another minute
  
  I know a Mike Leigh film isn't noted for action but this is so slow and there is no real story. We don't get anywhere. All Tom and Geri's '... read more »
  
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- - Xenon
  - 8 reviews
  - Bognor Regis
  - 21 Mar 2011 at 20:47
- - 5
  - 3
  As Jim Diamond Once Said...
  
  ...'I should have known better' after Happy Go Lucky that is.
  
  Marriage equals contentment... singledom equals troubled, chaotic lifestyle etc... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Newcastle
  - 07 Mar 2011 at 20:02
- - 4
  - 0
  very very boring
  
  very very boring....nothing happens, there is no story to this film, it's just a year in the life of some random depressing people
  
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- - ChrisBacon
  - 10 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Apr 2011 at 09:55
- - 5
  - 3
  Terrible Film
  
  Oh dear. If you are bored after 5 minutes turn it off because it doesn't get any better and there's no story to it.
  
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- - a customer
  - 11 Apr 2011 at 18:32
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  Another year, another Mike Leigh
  
  Single and middle-aged? Stereotype alert! In Mike Leigh's 'Another Year' those characters who are not loved up are destined to a life of chain-... read more »
  
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- - nearlydearly
  - 1 review
  - Edinburgh
  - 05 Nov 2010 at 23:33
- - 4
  - 1
  One of Mike Leigh's most succesful films.
  
  All of the familiar Leigh ingredients are here but this time, they seem to all work a lot better together.
  
  Most of Mike Leigh's films are let ... read more »
  
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- - apartment7
  - 82 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 08 Nov 2010 at 18:32
- - 4
  - 1
  Another fine film from Mr Leigh
  
  A great film with funny and sometimes desperately sad characters. Jim Broadbent is wickedly funny in this one. It emphasises happily married lives and desperate... read more »
  
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- 971037
- - benoix76
  - 4 reviews
  - London
  - 08 Mar 2011 at 11:28

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Critics' reviews
- Mike Leigh's latest film focuses on an idyllic couple nearing old age, and their wayward, depressed friends. read more »
- LOVEFiLM Review
  - Tom Charity
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- A mature, wise reflection on life's joys and sorrows, Another Year can take its place beside the very best films in Mike Leigh's career.
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- - Daily Telegraph
  - 13 Jan 2011 at 02:42
- Mike Leigh isnât the sort of filmmaker to make major departures with each new film, to decide suddenly to experiment... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 16 May 2010 at 04:04
- [A] deeply involving, intelligent, compassionate drama of the sort only Leigh can create.
- 163145
- - Guardian UK
  - 13 Jan 2011 at 02:42
- [I]n the hands of master filmmaker Mike Leigh, the everyday becomes extraordinary.
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- - Los Angeles Times
  - 13 Jan 2011 at 02:42
- [T]horoughly gripping and completely accessible.
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- - Empire Magazine
  - 13 Jan 2011 at 02:42

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  Another Year is a touching comedic drama which follows happily-married couple Tom and Gerri and their dysfunctional friends and family over four seasons; a grown son who can't seem to meet the right girl; an overweight friend; a depressive brother; and a lonely hard-drinking divorced co-worker....