Clevercell Very disappointing...

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

krocheav It will be a sorry day for quality cinema when Mike Lee stops making movies. Often, his themes are so challenging you'd mistakenly think not many people will go to see them - then you see the box office returns and glowing reviews. As with many other Lee movies real life oozes out of every scene - these can be funny, sad or just mesmerising - "Another Year" is no exception. Marvellous performances roll off the screen from Lesley Ann Manville as Mary and Jim Broadbent as Tom (both stunning in Mike's "Topsy Turvy" '99). Dick Pope delivers sparkling images and Gary Yershon fitting music. Can't say much more about this slice-of-life without spoiling it. It's the type of thing Kenneth Lonergan attempted with 'Manchester by the Sea' but failed to develop in a fully convincing way (even though the 'critics' jumped up and down - check out the many viewer evaluations, they seem a lot more honest. 'Another Year' is another for Lee followers or those who can appreciate seeing life's challenges presented realistically on screen.

shootingstars-49590 The characters of Tom and Gerri are highly caricatured with an unbelievable life. The film suffers from having to have these two in almost every single scene. If they're not in the scene then their house is. Unlike many other old movie couples these two are not likable. The whole thing is unbelievable. I don't understand why critics keep referring to this movie as a classic.

dakjets This is a low-key but strong drama. We follow four seasons in the lives of the middle-aged married couple Tom and Gerri (Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen), their 30-year-old bachelor son Joe and Gerri single colleague Mary (Lesley Manville). A collection meetings and small events showing Leigh's ability to transform the everyday life into something meaningful. The film's strength is in my opinion the strong person characters and the dialogues between the characters. The interpersonal stands in the center, and the film is about the important things in life such as friendship, happiness and having a meaningful life. This film was both touching and engaging. The story allows us to follows a handful of people and their lives through one year. We get to know the main characters, and can take part in their lives, for better or worse. A great movie experience of everyday life and every day people. This film is a winner!

ckrick-1 One year. In your life? In anybody's life? In everybody's life?The film begins with an encounter between everywoman and her doctor: the great Imelda Staunton, pinched and bothered, being treated for insomnia. She hasn't seen a doctor in a year and she wants some pills to put her out. The best of us portraying the worst of us asking god to anesthetize us. But god won't hear of it. She recommends we get some counseling instead - from her servant and representative in this world, Gerri - whose better half Tom also reaches out benevolently to those less fortunate, caricatures full of ticks and jerks and obsessive behavior and mournful looks. And so we experience a year – four seasons in the life of these people who are also angels as they toil in the garden. We're unaccustomed to their presence, their goodness. We wonder why they don't have problems. It's because their friends and family do. Though benevolent and sublime, Tom and Gerri can only offer so much help. And when Gerri feels the line has been crossed that threatens her family, the stern parent emerges. Not angry, but devastatingly disappointed. That straightens Mary right up. And in the end Mary seems to accept that she won't be lifted up. She'll be lucky to not be left behind. But that's better, even if you can't understand what anyone around you is saying. Or is it?