Bleak Moments

Name: Bleak Moments
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: January 1, 1971
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Anne Raitt, Christopher Martin, Donald Sumpter, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman

1971

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Yleisradio (YLE) | Release Date: January 1, 1971

Starring: Anne Raitt, Christopher Martin, Donald Sumpter, Eric Allan, Joolia Cappleman, Linda Beckett, Liz Smith, Malcolm Smith, Mike Bradwell, Sarah Stephenson

Summary: Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.

Director: Mike Leigh

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Runtime: 106 min

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Roger Ebert

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. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

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. Read full review

The Telegraph Staff (Not Credited)

Portraying an instantly recognisable reality with a raw, utterly uncompromising intensity. Read full review

Keith Phipps

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. Read full review

Empire Kim Newman

Downright depressing. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Good direction and fine performances keep the pace of this lengthy film moving and prevent the material's descent into maudlin sentimentality. Read full review

Janet Maslin

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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Sep 11, 2023

The film is expertly technical. The characterizations are excellent and the dialogues of the film are good. The camera is placed exactly in the right place and all this shows that "Mike Lee" is a skilled director. We are faced with a great atmosphere and a delicate and original film with aThe film is expertly technical. The characterizations are excellent and the dialogues of the film are good. The camera is placed exactly in the right place and all this shows that "Mike Lee" is a skilled director. We are faced with a great atmosphere and a delicate and original film with a unique open ending.… Expand

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