{"id":11015,"date":"2011-02-28T17:16:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=11015"},"modified":"2011-02-28T17:16:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:16:38","slug":"dvd-blu-ray-picks-monday-28th-february-2011-another-year-waste-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/02\/28\/dvd-blu-ray-picks-monday-28th-february-2011-another-year-waste-land\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD & Blu-ray Picks: Monday 28th February 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DVD PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another Year<\/a><\/strong> (Momentum): Mike Leigh\u2019s latest film is a pitch-perfect ensemble piece revolving around the friends and family of an ageing married couple.<\/p>\n

Nearing retirement age, Tom (Jim Broadbent) and Gerri (Ruth Sheen) live in North London and seem genuinely happy as they work, tend to their allotment and play host to an array of characters who come in and out of their lives.<\/p>\n

These include: their son Joe (Oliver Maltman), who is still close to them; Mary (Lesley Manville), a needy divorcee with relationship problems; Ken (Peter Wight), an old friend with a taste for food and alcohol; and Katie (Karina Fernandez), a therapist who forms a relationship with Joe.<\/p>\n

Each section of the film is titled with a season and as they change, so do the characters to varying degrees as they deal with the stuff of life: love, death, humour, despair, loneliness and friendship.<\/p>\n

It follows the familiar Leigh formula of finding drama in lives of distinctive characters in a particular setting and, like his previous films, relies heavily on the actors to make it work.<\/p>\n