Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.... (Full plot summary below)
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Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is a first film by a young British director who exhibits in every scene a complete mastery of the kind of characterization he is attempting. This film is a masterpiece, plain and simple, and that is a statement I doubt I will ever have cause to revise. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzMight be too bleak a look at reality for some but it nevertheless is an uncompromising way of brilliantly telling its harrowing story. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe ability to find performers who never seem for a moment to be performing is also here, giving Bleak Moments, like all of Leigh's films, an almost voyeuristic feel. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinGood direction and fine performances keep the pace of this lengthy film moving and prevent the material's descent into maudlin sentimentality. |
| User ReviewLee MA film with downbeat themes of solitude, difficulties of communication, coping with a retarded 29-year-old sister, it has enough human insight sans mawkishness or undue sentimentality to make it wryly funny, with its recognition of human foibles that gives it an edge, charm and warmth, tempered with compassion. |
| User ReviewRichard DUnbelievably tense early effort from Mike Leigh. |
| User ReviewJaii Fa film of geat humanity. it watches its characters, lets them breath in a way that only mike leigh can. they dont speak much and say little when they do. its a film about how hard it is to live, how hard it is to speak and be understood and understand others, how hard it is to be and feel alone. not only does it do all this but it performs it with the lightest of touches, often comical. these people are not the best and brightest, but they are people that deserve the theatrical and narrative compassion that leigh constantly extends. a beautiful film. |
| User ReviewWalter M"Bleak Moments" is a primordial instance of Mike Leigh miserablism, that while lacking technically in the sound department, still manages to adequately depict a group of people trapped by circumstances and obligation(Speaking of repression, from one of the movie's stills, I orignally thought it might be set in Victorian England due to the way one of the characters is dressed), set mostly over a single evening with just the barest hint of a light at the end of a tunnel that might not be an oncoming train for once. Sylvia(Anne Raitt) works in an accountant's office as a secretary while she also takes care of her mentally challenged sister Hilda(Sarah Stephenson). While this gives her little time for a social life, she manages to meet Peter(Eric Allan), a teacher who chafes at the intellectual limitations of his job, on the way home. They go out to eat for the evening, leaving Hilda in the care of Pat(Joolia Cappleman), Sylvia's friend and coworker, who also has to care for her invalid mother(Liz Smith). Enter Norman(Mike Bradwell), a musician, who rents Sylvia's garage to live in. |
