“Another Year” is a classic example of what you get when you create good characters and then just let great actors act.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

Another Year is the concentrated essence of Mike Leigh's filmography. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Aug 9, 2022

There is little doubt that Another Year will be a film that will stay with you long after the closing credits.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

Another Year is a life-affirming portrait of a harmonious marriage and the emotional salve it offers in a cruel world.

Full Review | Jan 21, 2020

Another Year, though not an important piece of Leigh's oeuvre, is still a highly enjoyable one.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.7/5 | Nov 6, 2019

Another year, another 100 things to celebrate and mourn-and another film that makes me appreciate how good cinema can make me feel.

Full Review | Mar 7, 2019

Although caring, cheerful and kind individuals feature prominently, with much to laugh about, Another Year is really about the emotionally bruised amongst us, about regret, about envy, and the fact that life is often cruel.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 6, 2018

With its slow movement and at times painful portrayal of human wretchedness, it would be hard to imagine a less fun time at the movies than Another Year, but it would also be hard to imagine a more worthwhile one.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2018

It is beautifully played, free of the usual tics and twitches and palsies that so often afflict Leigh characters, and Manville, in particular, gives everything she has, which turns out to be an awesome amount.

Full Review | Aug 30, 2018

This turnaround isn't enough to completely salvage it, but it turns it from Leigh's worst film into an interesting, honorable failure.

Full Review | Mar 7, 2018

There is something radical in the way Leigh creates such an intimate, closely observed portrait of a marriage and then essentially takes it for granted, looking elsewhere for the drama to propel the narrative.

Full Review | Feb 8, 2018

This movie is really about a departure.

Full Review | Aug 25, 2017

Mike Leigh doesn't do thrill rides or happily ever afters, and this character-driven drama marks no new territory for the director. But it may just be his best film yet.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 11, 2016

This movie makes me want to avoid my married friends.

Full Review | May 3, 2015

Another Year is an extremely accessible and gripping film with beautifully observed character moments and outstanding performances by a superb cast, especially Leslie Manville who shines as Mary.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Nov 9, 2013

It's not the most focused Leigh movie, but plot has never been his strong suit.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 22, 2013

Leigh sculpts Another Year in time like Edgar Degas painted a picture.

Full Review | Original Score: 81/100 | Jul 11, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Mike Leigh is often dumped in the dour, 'kitchen sink' genre of British filmmaking, but that is to overlook his wily sense of humor.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2011

Leigh creates a fascinating diorama in which life-long and contented couple Tom and Gerri sit in sympathy and in judgement on the lonely friends that orbit them.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2011