Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

krocheav It will be a sorry day for quality cinema when Mike Lee stops making movies. Often, his themes are so challenging you'd mistakenly think not many people will go to see them - then you see the box office returns and glowing reviews. As with many other Lee movies real life oozes out of every scene - these can be funny, sad or just mesmerising - "Another Year" is no exception. Marvellous performances roll off the screen from Lesley Ann Manville as Mary and Jim Broadbent as Tom (both stunning in Mike's "Topsy Turvy" '99). Dick Pope delivers sparkling images and Gary Yershon fitting music. Can't say much more about this slice-of-life without spoiling it. It's the type of thing Kenneth Lonergan attempted with 'Manchester by the Sea' but failed to develop in a fully convincing way (even though the 'critics' jumped up and down - check out the many viewer evaluations, they seem a lot more honest. 'Another Year' is another for Lee followers or those who can appreciate seeing life's challenges presented realistically on screen.

Raj Doctor Normally I write a movie review immediately after seeing the movie, because it is fresh to recollect the movie. When I was browsing the TV today and saw this movie, I stopped. I remember loving this movie when I had seen for the first time. Then I remembered that I did not write the movie review then. I was myself surprised, and I made it a point to write the review this time. So here it is. The story is beautifully told with passing of four seasons of a year – that is why it is titled ANOTHER YEAR. Tom (Jim Broadbent) a geologist and Gerri (Ruth Sheen) a counselor are older married couple who encounter friends and family with their underlying issues. First one is Mary (Leslie Manville) is a middle-aged divorcée receptionist, heavy alcoholic desperate seeking a new relationship – and eye Tom and Gerri's son Joe (Oliver Maltman) who is much younger - around 30 years old. Second is Ken (Peter Wight), Tom's school friend, who is overweight, a compulsive eater, drinker and smoker. Third is Ronnie (David Bradley) , estranged son of Tom's brother, who arrives late and is angry with everyone for not delaying his mother's funeral ceremony. Through the relationships of these characters, director Mike Leigh beautifully exploits the togetherness and loneliness with warmth, tenderness, kindness, giving, emotional loss, yearnings, and nurturing, growing old together. There are some well executed scenes that resonate with audiences in terms of the assembled cast and crew delivering on the spot improvisation and inventiveness in executing an endearing scene. Mary's drunkenness, Mary's romantic advances towards Joe, Mary's reluctance and rejection of Ken's advances, Mary's hostility towards Joe's girlfriend Katie (Karina Fernandez), Mary's apology to Gerri for her behavior and the last lingering scene where Mary is lost and uncertain on a happy dinner night. It is Mary's under-current role (exit & entry) all the way that weaves this story. It was not a wonder that Leslie Manville won several best actress awards for her brilliant portrayal of this role. A special mention for Director Mike Leigh for writing a script and screenplay that leaves trust and scope for exceptional improvisation to imbibe the flow of scenes and characters. Not many can achieve this finesse. I will go with 7.75 out of 10

paul2001sw-1 Mike Leigh's 'Another Year' at first feels like a very smug movie: a likable, affluent couple pass their time together over the course of a year, often in the company of variously inadequate friends who alternately entertain them and require their support. Eventually, a drama emerges from the growing stresses of one of these relationships; but it's a very well-signalled development. What makes the film a success is the sheer skill with which director and cast pull off the individual encounters: Leigh famously prepares for writing the final drafts of his scripts through improvisation, and this film in particular feels like an assembly of scenes emerging from a workshop, but there's no denying they're beautifully done, drawing you into the misery of the characters even where you knew exactly what was coming. And gradually, the film's perspective shifts from that of the insiders (whose compassion is increasing revealed as finite) to that of the outsiders. The abrupt ending offers no promises of happiness to those who didn't have it already when the movie began.

jazzjiyeon It gives you a good lesson and some motivation to think about real values in life. I agree the leading family in the movie are real-good people. Those should be the noblesse! Also, I like that it shows how the psychology mechanism of mental people goes. However, when the movie subject and scenario is such a textbook example, the story development process flows in a very simple deductive logic, which lets you figure out what'd be going on easily next, and it gets boring in the middle. Overall it's good to remind people of an ideal concept of happy life and relationships.