If you loved Life Is Sweet, try Meantime
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Mike Leigh, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Life Is Sweet, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Meantime is
In Thatcher’s Britain, an East End family tries and mostly fails to keep up appearances. Unemployed Frank and his sons spin their wheels while Mavis works; smug sister Barbara’s marriage isn’t half as enviable as it looks. Proof that downturns leave everyone stranded.

