Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always
With stunning performances from two completely genuine young leads, this is a movie people will talk about all year.
Alison Steadman
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Life Is Sweet (1991)
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Wendy
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Shirley Valentine (1989)
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Jane
Roger Ebert
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They had faces then: Mike Leigh's "Life is Sweet"
With its partly improvised dialogue and eruptions of argument, Mike Leigh's "Life is Sweet," now on Criterion DVD, gave viewers was insight into where the director had been, artistically. It also hinted at where he was going: into territory with far more visual and verbal polish.
