Life Is Sweet
1990 · 103 min · Director: Mike Leigh
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, leads aerobics at a primary school, jokes like a vaudevillian, agrees to waitress at a friend's new restaurant and dotes on Andy, a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, and with a drunken friend, buys a broken down lunch wagon. Natalie, with short neat hair and a snappy, droll manner, is a plumber; she has a holiday planned in America, but little else. Last is Nicola, odd man out: a snarl, big glasses, cigarette, mussed hair, jittery fingers, bulimic, jobless, and unhappy. How they interact and play out family conflict and love is the film's subject.
Emotional fingerprint
Life Is Sweet (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Humor30%
- Empathy25%
- Love20%
- Sadness15%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Empathy, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Humor
- Empathy
- Love
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Humor | Empathy | Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 42 % | 42 % | 17 % | 25 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 44 % | 44 % | 16 % | 20 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Humor | 45 % | 45 % | 14 % | 16 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Humor | 48 % | 48 % | 15 % | 13 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Humor | 53 % | 53 % | 21 % | 13 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Humor | 55 % | 54 % | 26 % | 18 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Humor | 54 % | 48 % | 31 % | 24 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Empathy | 51 % | 38 % | 41 % | 32 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Empathy | 50 % | 30 % | 46 % | 31 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Tension | 48 % | 29 % | 39 % | 19 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Humor | 48 % | 39 % | 28 % | 16 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Humor | 50 % | 49 % | 23 % | 20 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Humor | 48 % | 46 % | 23 % | 15 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Humor | 51 % | 44 % | 28 % | 14 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Tension | 57 % | 46 % | 35 % | 21 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Humor | 61 % | 40 % | 45 % | 31 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Empathy | 71 % | 30 % | 64 % | 48 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Empathy | 73 % | 35 % | 70 % | 57 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Love | 70 % | 40 % | 68 % | 60 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Empathy | 77 % | 35 % | 75 % | 65 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Paula
Steve
Customer
Chef
Nigel
Details
- Directed by
- Mike Leigh
- Written by
- Mike Leigh
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1990
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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