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Where to Watch Life Is Sweet (1990) in the US
- 1990
- R
- 1h 43m
- 7.4IMDb
- 94%Rotten Tomatoes
- 88Metascore
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What it's about
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, leads aerobics at a primary school, jokes like a vaudevillian, agrees to waitress at a friend's new restaurant and dotes on Andy, a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, and with a drunken friend, buys a broken down lunch wagon. Natalie, with short neat hair and a snappy, droll manner, is a plumber; she has a holiday planned in America, but little else. Last is Nicola, odd man out: a snarl, big glasses, cigarette, mussed hair, jittery fingers, bulimic, jobless, and unhappy. How they interact and play out family conflict and love is the film's subject.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Mike Leigh
- Writer
- Mike Leigh
- Starring
- Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner
Details
- Release date
- Dec 1, 1991
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Box office
- $1,516,414
- Awards
- 8 wins & 3 nominations
Where to Watch Life Is Sweet (1990) in the US — common questions
- Where to watch Life Is Sweet in the United States?
- Life Is Sweet is available with a subscription or to rent in the United States. Watch the movie with a subscription on The Criterion Channel (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.
- Can I stream Life Is Sweet or do I have to rent it in the United States?
- Watch the movie with a subscription on The Criterion Channel (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.
- Can I watch Life Is Sweet for free in the United States?
- We have not confirmed a free option for Life Is Sweet in the United States.
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