タクシー運転手フィルは、スーパー店員の妻ベニー、老人ホーム清掃員の娘、無職の息子の4人家族。問題を抱えつつも穏やかな暮らしだが、ある日、フィルの息子が心臓発作で入院。それを契機に、各人がそれまで表に出さなかったさまざまな感情が噴出していく。
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監督: Mike Leigh
脚本: Mike Leigh
音楽: Andrew Dickson
制作: Simon Channing Williams / Pierre Edelman / Alain Sarde
撮影監督: Dick Pope
制作会社: StudioCanal / Les Films Alain Sarde / Thin Man Films
In my opinion, this is another stellar film from writer/director Mike Leigh. I place it just below his masterpiece Secrets and Lies, but not too far below it. As usual, Leigh has put together a wonderful ensemble cast, which is good, because Timothy Spall would have outshone anything less, and he works best when the rest of the cast is great. The movie seems bleak a lot of the time. The secret is to allow yourself to care about the characters and be patient. It reminds me of the very early Coronation Street shows: no glitz, no glamour, just like down in the muck with real people. If you have seen this movie already, you know the plot, and if you don’t, stop reading reviews and just watch the darn thing. The more you know about it, the less impact it might have on you. Like Secrets and Lies, this movie has emotional dynamite at the end, but boy, does it ever earn it along the way. Don’t miss it.
