Marred by overacting from one of the major actors (Lesley Manville as Mary) and a cloying, invasive score, this film could have been great. Critics surely loved it for how it represents an underrepresented segment of British society. Granted, there is a naturalness to relationship of the married couple that has been a long time coming. Too bad it's mired in exaggerated situations that are used to amplify the steadiness of the couple. It's a little too obvious contrivance. More for sociologists than film lovers, there's not enough here of interest to those other than people involved in the socio-economic conditions of the characters portrayed. And that violiny score...pure torture.
Review of Another Year
