Another Year


Another Year
Mike Leigh's highly rated film is an intimate character study, with powerful performances. The storyline focuses on an elderly couple and their friends. One of these is a single woman getting on in years, who decides that the couple's son is just the man for her, and she throws herself into the task of winning him. This puts everyone else in a difficult position. The story winds its way over the course of one year, hence the title.

128 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Oliver Maltman, Peter Wight, David Bradley
Director
Mike Leigh
ScreenplayMike Leigh
MusicGary Yershon
CinematographyDick Pope
EditingJon Gregory
Sound formatsDolby Digital
Made in2010
Produced byThin Man Films, Film4, Focus Features International, UK Film Council

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageModerate, fairly frequent
NudityNone
SexNone, but some mild innuendo
ViolenceSome tense, angry scenes, shouting
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseFrequent alcohol abuse, some tobacco
CommentsThemes are mature and depressing.
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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
The Independant
15
Die Burger
Mariana Malan quote iconGeen ontsnapping aan regte lewe in hierdie swaar verhaal
10
Cape Times
Ray Bennett quote iconNot 'Another Year' like this
5
Box Office
Richard Mowe quote iconNothing much may seem to have happened but the journey into everyday lives and human frailties proves constantly engrossing and satisfying.
15
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert quote iconLeigh's Another Year is like a long, purifying soak in empathy.
20
eye Weekly
Katrina Onstad quote iconBritish director Mike Leigh delivers a wondrous meditation on happiness
15
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote iconMike Leigh's films are one of a kind. They're artful gifts of observation, humor and bruised humanity. Another Year is up there with the best of them.
18
Metacritic.com
35 critics
16
Rottentomatoes critics
143 critics
16
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconCharacterized by strong performances and the director's trademark feel for the nuances of everyday life, Another Year marks another solid entry in Mike Leigh's career of kitchen-sink English drama.
18

What the People say

Internet
3056 Netizens quote iconSlow, slow, slow
16

Average .. 75%

15

Trailer






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