Life Is Sweet

Name: Life Is Sweet
Director: Mike Leigh
Released: 1990
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea

1990 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 11,686 VOTES · DIR. Mike Leigh

Overview

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,154 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:13 Alright Suzi are you ready?

00:03:55 Want a little sandwich Andy?

00:07:07 Don't be patronising

00:11:35 Oh hello Patsy - Hello Wendy

00:16:45 For your Mum, y'know

00:21:19 Tell you what mate I'll let you have these comestibles for nothing

00:24:00 No no Wendy that is just superficial

00:26:52 He fell in the water

00:30:00 Chisel in the pattern with the end of a knife and Bob's your Uncle it's ready to set

00:33:38 Now listen

00:36:39 Tell you what Andy

00:44:28 That's nice

00:50:07 A big fry up

00:54:51 Christ - There was alot of blood

00:59:05 As far as I'm concerned

01:02:49 What?

01:08:51 Thousand pounds

01:13:06 What's a matter?

01:18:42 I come in we go straight upstairs, we do it

01:23:17 When you were seventeen when you were at the college doing your three A levels

01:27:55 Hang on hang on - Take it steady

01:30:22 Can I come in?

01:33:06 Save up eh?

01:36:13 Nah it's ok

Cast & Characters

Alison Steadman Wendy Jim Broadbent Andy Claire Skinner Natalie Jane Horrocks Nicola Stephen Rea Patsy Timothy Spall Aubrey David Thewlis Nicola's Lover Moya Brady Paula David Neilson Steve Harriet Thorpe Customer

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,154

Dialogue density20.9 lines / min

First line00:00:13

Final line01:36:13

Production Record

DirectorMike Leigh

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$1,500,000

IMDb votes11,686