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Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet
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1990
 103 minutes (1 hrs 43 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Mike Leigh

Starring

Alison Steadman · Jim Broadbent · Claire Skinner · Jane Horrocks · Stephen Rea · Timothy Spall

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 1st December 1991
Italy release date Italy release: 1st July 1991
Canada release date Canada release: 11th September 1991

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 22nd Mar '91
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £265 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 8

Chart position history

UK box office

22 Mar, 1991
5
29 Mar, 1991
6
5 Apr, 1991
9
12 Apr, 1991
15

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £624.6 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $1.5 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $2 Million

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News from around the web
Life Is Sweet (1990) ⭐ 7.4 | Comedy, Drama  IMDb Mon, 2nd November 2015

Life Is Sweet: Life Is Bittersweet  The Criterion Collection Tue, 28th May 2013

“Life Is Sweet”  The New Yorker Thu, 14th June 2018

Mike Leigh's Hard Truths: Life as a series of abrasive encounters  World Socialist Web Site Sun, 26th January 2025

Life Is Sweet Review  empireonline.com Sun, 1st January 2012

Family Flavours in Mike Leigh’s ‘Life is Sweet’  PopMatters Wed, 18th October 2017