Another Year (2:09) 2010

Another Year is an English drama starring Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen as a married couple with a thirty old single son. Tom and Jerri have a happy marriage but are surrounded by family, coworkers and friends that are struggling with life issues. The movie is segmented into four scenes, each scene being one season. Lesley Manville has the biggest part, Mary is Gerri's friend and coworker who drinks too much and has had romantic relationships which have ended badly. In other words, she is a mess.  Another Year's cast is strong, they are all excellent in their parts. Being English,the viewer doesn't see a lot of emotion. Keeping a stiff upper lip probably is more difficult to portray. This is definitely a movie for the older crowd. Being a women with adult children, I identified with many of the life issues  Tom and Gerri were experiencing. My only criticism of this film is that Tom and Gerri's marriage is not the focus and by the end of the movie the viewer really doesn't know more about them individually or as a couple. All and all, the final words for the cast is "Well done."