
Penny's love for her partner, taxi driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil's and Penny's life, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they are brought together to rediscover their love. All or Nothing is set in a London working-class housing estate over a long weekend, and ... (Full plot summary below)
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Penny's love for her partner, taxi driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive. The joy has gone out of Phil's and Penny's life, but when an unexpected tragedy occurs, they are brought together to rediscover their love. All or Nothing is set in a London working-class housing estate over a long weekend, and also tells the stories of a range of Phil and Penny's neighbors, some of whom become involved in the family's lives, and all of whom experience an emotional journey.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere are moments in All or Nothing of such acute observation that we nod in understanding -- The closing scenes of the movie are just about perfect. |
| Baltimore SunMichael SragowAn exhilarating movie about sadness and renewal. |
| The New York TimesDana StevensAll the drinking, arguing and brooding, which in lesser hands might have produced oppressive and unvarying dreariness, somehow adds up to a tableau of extraordinary vividness and variety. |
| L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonIt's a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet. |
| Film ThreatRich ClineIt's a remarkable film; the dialogue takes our breath away with its sharp skewering of expectations and realities, the bleak honesty is balanced by the freshness of real life and moments of raw truth and comedy -- Don't miss it. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorMike Leigh returns to the council flats of London -- and delivers a richly Dickensian masterpiece about working-class family life. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThe acting in All or Nothing is superb. Everyone creates a character we can immediately register and recognize as true. |
| New York Daily NewsJami BernardNo picnic to watch -- Leigh's camera is unsentimental and unsparing. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenEverything you've come to expect, and cherish, in a Mike Leigh movie. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanHollywood hardly ever pays attention to such people, and the average moviegoer won't either. But Leigh makes an irrefutable claim that their lives matter, and that attention must be paid. |