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- 1971
- Contemporary Films
- 1 h 51 m
- 1971
- Contemporary Films
- 1 h 51 m
Summary Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.
Directed By: Mike Leigh
Written By: Mike Leigh
- 1971
- Contemporary Films
- 1 h 51 m
- 1971
- Contemporary Films
- 1 h 51 m
Bleak Moments
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Summary Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.
Directed By: Mike Leigh
Written By: Mike Leigh
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
71
57% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It is a first film by a young British director who exhibits in every scene a complete mastery of the kind of characterization he is attempting. This film is a masterpiece, plain and simple, and that is a statement I doubt I will ever have cause to revise.
Portraying an instantly recognisable reality with a raw, utterly uncompromising intensity.
A film with downbeat themes of solitude, difficulties of communication, coping with a retarded 29-year-old sister, it has enough human insight sans mawkishness or undue sentimentality to make it wryly funny, with its recognition of human foibles that gives it an edge, charm and warmth, tempered with compassion.
The ability to find performers who never seem for a moment to be performing is also here, giving Bleak Moments, like all of Leigh's films, an almost voyeuristic feel.
Good direction and fine performances keep the pace of this lengthy film moving and prevent the material's descent into maudlin sentimentality.
The best that can be said for Bleak Moments is that it earns its name. The film, while it has been handsomely photographed, seems entirely given over to pained, wordless interludes. [23 Sep 1980, p.C6]
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Awards
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
