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All or Nothing

2002 · 128 min

A quiet, grey-hued look at ordinary lives grinding against each other, patient and unsentimental, that slowly accumulates into something quietly devastating.

Overview
Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • class
  • love
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mike Leigh
Written by
Mike Leigh
Starring
Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Alison Garland, James Corden, Ruth Sheen, Helen Coker, Sally Hawkins, Daniel Mays
Music
Andrew Dickson
Cinematography
Dick Pope
Runtime
128 min
Country
United Kingdom, France
Languages
English, French, Punjabi

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