Review Summary and Plot Commentary about All or Nothing
ALL OR NOTHING is a movie written and directed by Mike Leigh in 2002. This film earned two nominations for the European Film Awards and was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
ALL OR NOTHING depicts a slice in the life of three British families living in the same working-class housing estate. First, there's Phil's family. Phil is a kind of philosophical cab driver but, luckily for him, his wife Penny is more pragmatic. They have two obese children still living at home, Rachel and their son Rory who'll suffer from an heart attack. This tragic event will bring the family closer together.
On the same floor lives Ron with his alcoholic wife Maureen. Their daughter despises them and is chasing the guys of the neighborhood.
At least, there is Carol, an unmarried woman who had to raise alone her daughter Cécile. Cécile will get pregnant and experience the same problems her mother had 18 years earlier.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of All or Nothing
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- Unprepared for birthing/child rearing
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- British
Woman/class/friends story?
- story of lower class
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- British
Poverty plotlets:
- coping with poverty (general)
Druggie/Wino problems?
- alcohol
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) fat
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
