MV5BMTI4ODY1MjIyNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTExMTM5MQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,673,1000_AL_.jpg — Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zergman, Andrea Riseborough, Eddie Marsan**
**Rated: R for Language**
**Running Time: 1 h 58 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Directing, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

November 27, 2018

An optimistic schoolteacher living in London navigates her life trying to make the best of everything.

91A1LzE-aQL._SL1500_.jpg — Mr. Turner (2014)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson**
**Rated: R for Some Sexual Content**
**Running Time: 2 h 30 m**
**TMM Score: 3.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Attention to Detail, Acting, Writing, Directing, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

Mr. Turner (2014)

November 15, 2018

A look at the last twenty-five years of the great British painter J.M.W. Turner.

MV5BMTY5NzY5NTY2NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTg3NzIxNA@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,672,1000_AL_.jpg — Another Year (2010)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Oliver Manville, David Bradley, Karina Fernandez, Imelda Stauton**
**Rated: PG-13 for Some Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 9 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing (?)**

Another Year (2010)

November 14, 2018

A year in the life of a happy couple and their surrounding family and friends.

MV5BZDkwNzMyNDctNTU2YS00Nzg5LTkyNzYtYmNmOTAyMDQ5YzgzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg — Life is Sweet (1990)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis**
**Rated: R for Language and a Scene of Sensuality**
**Running Time: 1 h 43 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Themes, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Life is Sweet (1990)

November 13, 2018

A low-income family living in London does their best to navigate life and all its ups and downs.

MV5BMjA3Y2I4NjAtMDQyZS00ZGJhLWEwMzgtODBiNzE5Zjc1Nzk1L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTc2MDU0NDE@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,666,1000_AL_.jpg — Naked (1993)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Ewen Bremner, Peter Wight**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Strong Sexual Content Including Rape and Pervasive Language)**
**Running Time: 2 h 12 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Writing, Directing, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: Content, Themes (?)**

Naked (1993)

November 9, 2018

After committing a crime, a nihilistic man flees Manchester to go stay in London with his ex-girlfriend while he revaluates his life and philosophies.

Secrets & Lies (1996)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook**
**Rated: R for Language**
**Running Time: 2 h 16 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Characters, Story, Writing, Directing, Acting, Themes**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Secrets and Lies (1996)

November 2, 2018

A young successful black woman discovers her birth mother is an underprivileged white woman. The revelation has repercussions that echo through their extended families.

(JamieR-AC)__TopsyTurvy(onesheet)1.jpg — Topsy-Turvy (1999)

**Directed by: Mike Leigh**
**Starring: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Mansville**
**Rated: R for a Scene of Risque Nudity**
**Running Time: 2 h 34 m**
**TMM Score: 4.5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Mise-En-Scene, Direction, Acting, Production Design, Characters**
**WEAKNESSES: Length, Cultural Appropriation (?)**

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

August 20, 2018

The two leaders of a Victorian era theatre troupe struggle to come up with any good new material, straining their relationship, until inspiration for something new strikes.

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