All Or Nothing (2002)
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Movie Reviews of All Or Nothing (2002)
Movie Review: Leigh, The Lady Godiva of British Film Direction
Summary: 2 Stars
Darling of the British movie elite, Mike Leigh indulgently delves yet again into his peculiar facination with a largely ficticious and fanciful working class, more Dickensian than it is contemporary. Ugly, uncouth, incoherent and nihilistic, 'All or Nothing' is an often cumbersomely self-conscious piece of drivel, offset only by one or two touching scenes between Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville. The film leaves this viewer wondering if Leigh has actually ever met people from the English working class, since the films characters are such appalingly carricatured Fag Ash Lil and Andy Capp types. Infantile and disciplinary impotent adults vie with teenagers whose script consists largely of "fak orf" whenever their parents address them. Certain scenes appear as random flights of fancy offering no insight or even evident connection with the plot (such as it is). Taxi driver Phil (Spall) drives off to the beach after switching his radio off. Standing balefully looking out to sea we are unsure whether he is contemplating suicide or lamenting the one that got away on his last fishing trip. Next cut to Phil driving back home. Huh? 'All or Nothing' may appear to be the stuff of "gritty realism" to Leigh and the cosy arthouse world he inhabits, but in truth it indicates just how out of touch with the real-life subjects he and his cohorts truly are.
Movie Review: The life as a depressing thing
Summary: 2 Stars
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¡