Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet is a 1990 British comedy-drama film that follows the fortunes of a working-class North London family over a few weeks one summer. The family lives north of London and consists of Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Alison Steadman stars as Wendy, Jim Broadbent plays her husband Andy, Claire Skinner portrays Natalie, Jane Horrocks plays Nicola, and Timothy Spall appears as Aubrey, an eccentric family friend. The film explores the complexities of working-class life, class differences, and eating disorders through the eyes of this lovable but troubled family.