All or Nothing

[Beate]

As part of the Greenwich Film Festival, which runs from today through to Sunday,we saw Mike Leigh's 2002 film All or Nothing at the Vue Greenwich today. I went early from work and met the OH at the cinema. A small queue started to build up, and at one point someone said we needed to get tickets but was quickly told otherwise. They really haven't got a clue there.
I don't think there were more than 24 people in the cinema which is a crying shame. It might not be Mike Leigh's best film and it is a bit hard to watch all this council estate stuff but I would give it a respectable 6/10. Timothy Spall really is the ugliest actor I know though! James Corden was in it as were Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky) and Daniel Mays from Shifty. I must say, if Corden isn't doing comedy, he really is quite a decent actor.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286261/
Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil's and Penny's life, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they are brought together to rediscover their love. All or Nothing is set on a London working-class housing estate over a long weekend, and also tells the stories of a range of Phil and Penny's neighbors, some of whom become involved in the family's lives, and all of whom experience an emotional journey.