Another Year (2010) poster
2010 · drama

Another Year

Directed by Mike Leigh2h 9m2010
ElsewhereIMDb7.432kRT93%Metacritic81TMDB7.0438
  • sombre
  • measured
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Sombre, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

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During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

Our read · Another Year (2010) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.

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What watching it is actually like.

You want quiet Mike Leigh seasons around a happy couple and lonely friends.

ends bittersweetit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 18attention 3/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if you need plot momentum instead of gentle domestic observation.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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