Between HIGH HOPES (1988), a grimly humorous portrait of Thatcherite London, and the apocalyptic NAKED (1993), came this sometimes unsettling but essentially sweet-tempered feature from acclaimed British director Mike Leigh.
The film concerns a lower-middle-class family of more or less lovable eccentrics living in outer London. The woman of the house, Wendy (Alison Steadman), is perpetually busy and compulsively optimistic. Her husband, Andy (Jim Broadbent), is a chef employed in a large institutional kitchen. He's a
laid-back sort, inclined to tinker but never completing any of his initially ambitious projects. Wendy and Andy have twin daughters, Natalie (Clair...
Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins