Rent All or Nothing (2002)

3.6 of 5 from 179 ratings
2h 3min
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Synopsis:
With stunning performances from Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen and Marion Bailey this film also gave several of a new generation of British actors their first lead roles on the big screen including: Sally Hawkins, James Corden and Daniel Mays. Following different tales of melancholy, alcoholism, a violent abusive boyfriend and a frustrated unemployed youth - there seems to be no hope for a brighter future and no chance of escape yet glimmers of joy and humour still prevail. An authentic and deeply enjoyable Mike Leigh classic.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Simon Channing Williams, Alain Sarde
Writers:
Mike Leigh
Studio:
20th Century Fox
Genres:
Children & Family, Drama
BBFC:
Release Date:
21/01/2008
Run Time:
123 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Mike Leigh's Commentary
  • Cast and Crew Interviews
  • Trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
15/11/2021
Run Time:
128 minutes
Languages:
English LPCM Stereo
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • New Love thy Neighbour: Interviews with Cast from 'All or Nothing'
  • New Interview with Writer and Director Mike Leigh
  • New Interview with Cinematographer Dick Pope

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Reviews (1) of All or Nothing

Depressing beyond Belief - All or Nothing review by JG

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31/12/2014

I suppose this is a good film in some ways: acting demonstrating the 'Mike Leigh Method'. And there are some engaging moments . . . yes, there's a 'BUT' and it is that the whole thing is monumentally depressing. The Tim Spall character is at least likeable, the Lesley Manville character seems like a real person. But everyone else has only one repost to any remark tossed at them. When the James Cordon character is mildly told off by his mum (Manville) his response is 'Oh, fuck off'". Everyone deals with every situation with a loud "Fuck off" and this gets repetitive and depressing. The treatment of a girl by her so-called boyfriend is the same, no humanity, just "why don't you fuck off". "I'm pregnant" (an eventuality boringly predictable) and his response is a tirade including (if I remember correctly) "Why don't you fuck off". He then goes off and fucks the Sally Hawkins character. True there are plenty of people who are aimless with little mastery of elegant conversation, maybe no job or prospects for whom a sort of nihilist yelling of the same phrase is a way of life. My point is, why should this be seen as possible entertainment? It's all so bleak and un-entertaining. The audience needs to feel some sliver of interest in the characters, some sympathy, to get involved. I nearly gave up with this grim trudge through the East End but somehow stayed with it. Finally, I feel the citizens of such communities should feel insulted by such a representation, characters with so little roundness and depth. But at least there is only one of those Leigh caricatured characters such as in 'Happy Go Lucky' and others.

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