Leigh cuts between and through the potential soapiness of these different family dramas to show a broader mosaic of the human condition, defined by birth, death, and all - or nothing - that happens in between.

| Nov 19, 2021

In any event, the great strength of Leigh's best work is the sensitivity and utter seriousness with which he approaches the external and internal lives of his characters.

| Feb 16, 2021

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 20, 2013

It's all quite tough going, but the actors make it difficult to look away.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2009

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

On the surface, a dreary, knuckles-down tale of a working class London family.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 1, 2004

Mike Leigh goes spelunking in search of the English soul, finds gold.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 28, 2003

All Or Nothing may seem depressing, but in fact uplifts us.

| Apr 26, 2003

Grim but really good.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Feb 27, 2003

There's an extended scene (the film's penultimate one) in the family's apartment with a level of verisimilitude that I doubt I'll ever forget.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 2, 2003

There's no denying the downbeat nature of All or Nothing -- it's not a frivolous night at the movies. But the story of Phil and Penny wins you with its heart.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 31, 2003

For close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed, mostly inarticulate, hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one.

| Jan 17, 2003

...a somber film, almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jan 16, 2003

Leigh and his actors succeed in making these characters human and sympathetic and, thus, all the more profoundly sad.

| Jan 7, 2003

[An] observant film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 19, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 19, 2002

Dreary tale of middle-class angst

| Original Score: C | Dec 17, 2002

Some of the events are unpleasant, but we are glad to accompany these people, who seem like our friends, through them.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 16, 2002