Another Year

also known as “Od shana”

MPA Rating: PG-13-Rating (MPA)

for some language.

Moral Rating:	not reviewed
Moviemaking Quality:
Primary Audience:	Adults
Genre:	Comedy Drama
Length:	2 hr. 9 min.
Year of Release:	2010
USA Release:	September 3, 2010 (festival) December 29, 2010 (limited) DVD: June 7, 2011

Relevant Issues

unhappiness

lonliness

marriage

drunkenness

hope

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Featuring	Jim Broadbent—Tom Lesley Manville—Mary Ruth Sheen—Gerri Oliver Maltman—Joe Peter Wight—Ken David Bradley—Ronnie See all » Martin Savage—Carl Karina Fernandez—Katie Michele Austin—Tanya Philip Davis—Jack (as Phil Davis) Imelda Staunton—Janet Stuart McQuarrie—Tom's Colleague Eileen Davies—Mourner Mary Jo Randle—Mourner Ben Roberts—Mourner David Hobbs—Vicar Badi Uzzaman—Mr Gupta Meneka Das—Mr. Gupta's Friend Ralph Ineson—Drill Worker Edna Doré—Allotment Lady Gary Powell—Man in Bar Lisa McDonald—Girl in Bar Nicolas & Nathan Jarvis—Baby Isaac
Director	Mike Leigh
Producer	Film4 (London, England), Focus Features, Thin Man Films (London, England), UK Film Council (London, England), Danielle Brandon, Gail Egan, Georgina Lowe, Tessa Ross
Distributor	Sony Pictures Classics, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.”

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Negative

Negative—I could not figure out what the purpose or climax was to this movie. A few friends are lonely, and they turn to alcohol, smoking and friendship. The main couple and their son are reasonably happy, but don’t make a significant difference in the troubled people’s lives. I just don’t get the point to this movie; I do not recommend it.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 2½

Freddie R., age 39 (USA)

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