Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060002835715
Format: PAL
Label: Pathe Distribution
Manufacturer: Pathe Distribution
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Pathe Distribution
Region Code: 2
Release Date: January 21, 2008
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: Pathe Distribution

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Writer-director Mike Leigh, after a brief detour into the period drama of Topsy-Turvy, returns to the lives of contemporary working-class Brits. Phil (longtime Leigh collaborator Timothy Spall, Secrets and Lies) is a quiet taxi driver whose marriage to Penny (Lesley Manville) has gone dry, though neither has quite realized it. They bicker with each other and their children and try to find some pleasure in going out with friends, but their friends have their own struggles--even Penny's coworker Maureen (Ruth Sheen), whose naturally buoyant personality is colliding with her resentful daughter's pregnancy. All or Nothing is among Leigh's bleakest films; the relentless misery of these characters' lives is hard to take. But thanks to the incredibly committed acting, when moments of tenderness come, they have a devastating impact. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com




Rating: - TOO much 'Mike Leigh'
Sorry, but much as i bow down to the masterpieces that are 'Secrets and Lies's and 'Naked', this is a 'Mike Leigh' too far...On the 'plus'side, you get to see Sally Hawkin's magnificent legs (in a denim mini-skirt)after the mistake that was 'Happy Go Lucky', but this film is TOO relentlessly bleak and risks dangerously overexposing the 'great' Timothy Spalls' talents, used to such devestating effect in 'Secrets..' and 'Life is Sweet' (average film, but saved by the restaurant scenes with 'Aubrey') ... Read More

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Rating: - More bleak moments from Mike Leigh.
Mike Leigh can always be counted on when it comes to presenting truthful, emotional and compelling British cinema. Over the past twenty years, he has progressed beyond the limitations of cosy teatime telly to present us with something that resonates with a sense of reality far more potent than that of our previous king of kitchen-sink despair, Ken Loach. When at his best, Leigh is a creator of honest and heartfelt, slice-of-life pictures that move effortlessly from scenes of warm humour, to moments ... Read More

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