Cast
Timothy Spall 
Lesley Manville 
Ruth Sheen Alison Garland Jean Ainslie 
Badi Uzzaman
Credits
Written by: 
Mike Leigh
Plot
A taxi driver and his supermarket-worker wife lead joyless lives in a London housing estate until a crisis.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mike Leigh's drama is bleak, compassionate and moving, with Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (12,451 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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