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Life Is Sweet

 1990
 103 minutes (1 hrs 43 mins)
Life Is Sweet
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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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Last viewed:
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News from around the web
“Life Is Sweet”  The New Yorker Thu, 14th June 2018

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

Holy see: three of Pope Leo’s favourite films are divine. The fourth is hard to forgive | Movies  The Guardian Wed, 12th November 2025

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

Life Is Sweet (1990) - Photos  IMDb Fri, 4th September 2020

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