Mike Leigh returned to the MovieNight screen this week with Life is Sweet, his funniest work, in my opinion. There is always something funny in Mr. Leigh’s bitter sweet, slice-of-life observations, but here the cringe-factor is kept to a minimum… it’s easy to laugh and feel good about laughing. It was a good call to include subtitles. There was so much more to pick up, and for some, the movie might have been unfathomable!

Other Mike Leigh films shown here over the past years include Abigail’s Party, Nuts in May, Naked, Happy Go Lucky, and Another Year. That really does make him our favorite!

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