4/4 Naked (1993) Vera Drake (2004) Secrets & Lies (1996) 3.5/4 Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) All or Nothing (2002) 3/4 Life Is S
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Johnny_Hellzapoppin — 14 years ago(October 11, 2011 05:54 AM)
Ratings out of 10 and ordered.
01 Secrets & Lies (1996) 10/10 - His best as it combines everything I love about his films in a perfectly balanced manner and mostly eliminated the few things I don't like so much.
02 Another Year (2010) 10/10 - Almost as good as Secrets & Lies, but the cast of S&L give it the edge (just). Lesley Manville though, Good God
03 Topsy-Turvy (1999) 9.5/10 - Just glorious fun
04 Naked (1993) 9/10 - Thewlis and Cartlidge are phenomenal in this. A bit preachy though, so it loses a point.
05 High Hopes (1988) 9/10 - Ruth Sheens finest hour. A really nice and uplifting film.
06 All or Nothing (2002) 9/10 - Oh so down beat. Such incredible performances from Manville and Spall though.
07 Bleak Moments (1971) 9/10 - This film is just so hard to watch. So painfully uncomfortable and cringe inducing, but I loved every minute despite that.
08 Vera Drake (2004) 8.5/10 - Imelda Staunton kinda makes this one seem a little better than it probably is, but it's a top notch film all the same.
09 Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) 8.5/10 - Very light and breezy compared to most of his work. It was a nice change though when you consider what came before and after it.
10 Career Girls (1997) 8/10 - This doesn't get enough credit in my opinion. Is their a hell of a lot of contrivance? Well yes, but it was still great all the same and Cartlidge was again wonderful.
11 Life Is Sweet (1990) 7.5/10 - Wasn't crazy on this. It wasn't bad or anything, just forgettable in comparison to all his other work.
Meantime and Abigail's Party would be 9/10 therby pushing #8 - 11 down two spots.
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NJtoTX — 11 years ago(February 13, 2015 12:56 PM)
Love the guy.
- Life Is Sweet (1990) 9.7/10
- Another Year (2010) 9.3/10
- Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) 9.1/10
- Naked (1993) 9.0/10
- Career Girls (1997) 8.8/10
- Vera Drake (2004) 8.7/10
- High Hopes (1988) 8/10
- Secrets & Lies (1996) 8/10
- All or Nothing (2002) 7.5/10
- Mr. Turner (2014) 7/10
I've completely lost my short term
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PoppyTransfusion — 9 years ago(June 11, 2016 03:32 AM)
Life Is Sweet (1990) 10/10
Naked (1993) 8.5/10
High Hopes (1988) 8.5/10
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) 8/10
Secrets & Lies (1996) 8/10
Also seen Abigail's Party and that is 9/10.
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Klop_Gob — 9 years ago(June 15, 2016 07:25 PM)
For me; the greatest director to come from Britain and one of my favourites of all time. His "slice-of-life" films are both tragic and funny with expertly written dialogue, incredibly well-realized characters, and an assortment of relateable real-life issues. Not to mentida0on his impressive improvisation techniques, honest observations of human behaviour and remarkable recreations of lower/middle-class living situations (with his very early work being somewhat profound time-capsules of 70s/80s "Sunny England").
As of late i'm happy to have finally seen the entirety of his surviving work:- Secrets & Lies - 10/10
- Naked - 9/10
- Vera Drake - 9/10
- All or Nothing - 9/10
- Abigail's Party - 9/10
- High Hopes - 9/10
- Another Year - 8/10
- Meantime - 8/10
- Nuts in May - 8/10
- Bleak Moments - 8/10
- Life is Sweet - 8/10
- A Sense of History - 8/10
- Grown-Ups - 8/10
- Happy-Go-Lucky - 8/10
- Career Girls - 7/10
- Home Sweet Home - 7/10
- Topsy-Turvy - 7/10
- Mr. Turner - 7/10
- The Kiss of Death - 7/10
- The Permissive Society - 7/10
- Hard Labour - 7/10
- A Light Snack - 7/10
- Who's Who - 6/10
- A Running Jump - 6/10
- The Short & Curlies - 6/10
- Probation - 6/10
- Old Chums - 6/10
- Afternoon - 6/10
- The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final - 6/10
- Four Days in July - 5/10
Cinema is the memory of life.
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miran_kor — 9 years ago(February 17, 2017 03:40 AM)
Sorry for my belated reply.
But before too late (all my threads will be history in a matter of 2 days) I'd like to thank you for your awesome reply. I'm saving it and should be very helpful (a good guide) in the future.
The same goes for ALL your other replies to my threads. Much appreciated.
Aloha!
vivaLuis
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