一无所有2002

Dysphoria, angst and ennui suffuse among the blue collar folks in Mike Leigh’s ALL OR NOTHING, if SECRETS AND LIES (1996) brilliantly tickles our interest and attention through its seething unfolding of a beggar-belief secret and its aftermath, here, Leigh seems to bent on testing audience’s sufferance of outrageous banality.

Dwelling in a council estate, there are three families in ALL OR NOTHING, middle-aged Phil (Spall) is a taxi driver and his significant other Penny (Manville) is a supermarket cashier, they have two children, the obese Rory (Corden) is a stroppy ne’er-do-well and daughter Rachel (Garland) works as a cleaner in an elderly home; Phil’s fellow mate Ron (Jesson) has an alcoholic wife Carol (Bailey), their daughter Samantha (Hawkins) is a shiftless flirt, stalked by a creep named Craig (Crompton); moreover, Penny’s coworker Maureen (Sheen) is a single mother, her rebellious waitress daughter Donna (Coker) is stuck in an abusive relationship with the caddish Jason (Mays). At least at first glance, none of those characters is remotely likable, the lifeworld of ALL OR NOTHING is dispiriting and vexing, intergenerational incompatibility manifests with vituperations and backchats, why should we sympathize with those people?

The answer what Leigh elicits is that those people are our own kind, and the rowdy, abrasive coexistence between parents and children is universal, almost too close to home, their flaws are what make them human. An accidental pregnancy, a bloody tattoo on the chest, a guarded proposition, a fender bender, or the tipping point of Rory’s heart attack, all can trigger off small or big changes for better or worse.

The tripartite structure converges and stays with Phil and Penny’s family halfway through the film, in the aftermath of Rory’s accident, which is concurrent with Phil going incommunicado after taking a high-toned French passenger (Hunter, quite a hoot) to her destination. He needs some headspace, yet it finally precipitates Penny to rail against him at night, their without-the-benefit-of-clergy union is porous already, can their “tea, hot chocolate and beer” situation be redeemed?

A foregone conclusion, Leigh’s stock company could do no wrong. A young Sally Hawkins (in her first credited film role) shines almost hurtfully as a silly girl borne out of a shitty family, how many unwise decisions her Samantha has to make before she can smarten up? Please stay away from that creep! But the top-shelf supporting turn is from Ruth Sheen, whose slightly kooky Maureen turns out to be rather informed, funny and considerate, her pain only glistens when she finds out Donna is saddled with the same fate as hers, but in the next breath, she bestirs herself blithely to be a comforting mother what her spoiled daughter needs most.

In the leading parts, Spall and Manville deliver a kaleidoscopic two-hander of catharsis in that confessional night, pertaining to middle-age stagnancy, disillusion, loneliness and hardened incommunicableness, its effect is so vehement and heartfelt, anticipates the climatic bust-up in Noah Baumbach’s MARRIAGE STORY (2019). But can you detect a whiff of sexism in Leigh’s verdict? It is infallibly from a man’s angle, and Spall effectively avails himself of his uncharacteristically arresting hangdog impression that Leigh’s camera dwells on addictively, Phil’s resignation and piteous self-abasement might appease Penny’s perennial disappointment, but she is not the only one who ought to take the culpability, man up, Phil!

referential entries: Mike Leigh’s SECRETS AND LIES (1996, 8.4/10), ANOTHER YEAR (2010, 8.1/10); Noah Baumbach’s MARRIAGE STORY (2019, 7.9/10).

Title: All or Nothing

Year: 2002

Country: UK, France

Language: English, Arabic, French

Genre: Drama

Director/Screenwriter: Mike Leigh

Music: Andrew Dickson

Cinematography: Dick Pope

Editing: Lesley Walker

Cast:

Timothy Spall

Lesley Manville

Alison Garland

James Corden

Paul Jesson

Sally Hawkins

Marion Bailey

Ruth Sheen

Helen Coker

Daniel Mays

Diveen Henry

Gary McDonald

Sam Kelly

Ben Crompton

Kathryn Hunter

Leo Bill

Dorothy Atkinson

Maxine Peake

Rating: 7.5/10

中译者定是没有看懂这个电影才取了这个名字 nothing是全篇主要表现的 all才是内核 全部和一切尽失只在视角的不同

疏离 这是电影给人最大的感觉 虽然亲人之间都在坐在一起 但是给人的感觉就是在互相疏离 镜头的拍摄角度也能体现这一点 好像他们在排斥观众 每个人好像都困在了属于自己空间内 不知道要什么 不知道要去向哪里 不断地在堕落 每个人都感觉到被疏离 同时也在疏离他人 向别人发泄内心的焦躁不安 每个人都不开心 好像他们心中的喜悦死掉了

特别喜欢父亲这个角色的演出 他非常的低沉自卑 即便是爆发的时候你也能感觉到他在压抑着 有些话不敢说出来 就转到了下一句 他总是低着头 眼神闪躲着 隔着屏幕你都能感到他的极度压抑

但也是在他低沉的爆发中说出了片名all or nothing的含义 “我们刚见面时 我不敢相信 像你这么漂亮的女孩会跟我这胖子走在一起 人们看着我 我感觉拽爆了” 我相信那个时候他感觉他自己拥有全世界 “我们拥有的不多 但是我们拥有对方 但那就足够了 但是如果你不要我了 我们就什么都没有了” 一个人感觉自己是拥有一切还是一切都没有 很可能只是视角不同 你看电影里男女主刚认识的时候和现在都在一起 但是感觉完全不同 一个是很满足一个是感觉丧失了一切 所以就看你如何看待你自己的生活的 你可以感觉自己的生活像屎一样 你也可以感觉自己拥有了一切 没有什么实际上的物质改变只是你的视角是否专注于好的那一面 就像电影中说的装满一半的水桶 你专注于空的一半 你就会感觉一切糟透了 专注于有水的那一半 你就会感觉一切都有希望

值得一提的是 两个主角相拥的那一长镜头表现的很好 镜头以极慢的速度推进 特写两个人的亲密无间 这一瞬间好像驱散了之前一个半小时的疏离与绝望 在情感爆发 两人再度找回爱之后 一切都变了 虽然两个人实际生活状况没有任何改变 实际上因为儿子的疾病更糟了 但是他们比之前开心了太多 整个摄影风格都明亮了起来 男主发型更帅了 女主脸色更红润了 男女主也是第一次在影片中笑了起来 他们知道生活中还有很多困难 但他们开始相信一切都会好起来 不再是得过且过 所以影片的主要表现的不是一无所有 而是告诉大家是的生活很艰难 会被琐碎磨损 但是我们只要拥有对方 我们就拥有一切

《一无所有》讲述了一个底层家庭里发生的故事，电影中的女主彭妮是一个愤怒焦虑的母亲。男主菲尔是一个沉默寡言的父亲，女儿瑞秋同样少言寡语，儿子罗尼则继承了母亲焦躁的脾气。饭桌上的常年争吵是这个家庭的日常，母亲和儿子总是争锋相对。面对两人的激烈争吵，父亲并不站队，永远是退缩到一旁，逃避这无休无止的纷争。每当看到菲尔的退缩，彭妮心里难免失落。日复一日的紧张生活，让大家时刻处于神经紧绷精神压抑的状态。

每个人都试图找到出口，可面对家人又难以诉说。彭妮心中苦闷，时常会在半夜独坐在阳台喘口气。沉重不如意的生活，让彭妮看不到未来，而明天只是重复着昨天的生活，毫无生气。而在养老院做清洁工的女儿瑞秋，每天所见全是病态衰老的孤独老人。家庭氛围又如此紧张，没有半点温馨可言，家人之间形同陌路。瑞秋并不参与家庭纷争，只是承受着将这一切，记在脑海中。失业在家的儿子罗尼，每天无所事事，剩余的精力都用来和母亲抗争。他没有出路，只想要一个人静静地呆着。菲尔是出租车司机，每天挣着微薄的薪水，回到家也没什么话语权。索性就闭口不言，任凭妻子如何唠叨，他表面上都无动于衷。而实际上他已经内伤多年，只是他受伤的一面，从未在家人面前表现出来。

邻居家也各有各的烦恼，有怀孕后和男友大吵大闹的，有醉酒后疯疯癫癫不管不顾的。她们也都彼此的生活环境中苦苦挣扎，没有谁比谁过得轻松坦荡。

直到罗尼病倒的那天，这才暴露出这个家庭的所有隐藏的病症，彭妮怎么都打不通菲尔的电话时，她是恐惧的，她是需要他在身边的。而此时这个颓丧肥胖的中年男人抬眼迷惘地望向大海时，他的眼中分明写着绝望。或许是子女的牵绊，他最终回了头，接通了电话。来到医院，他意识到孩子对于他来说是无比重要的。

也是此次契机，他终于敞开心扉和妻子沟通。多年来他感受不到妻子对于他的爱，甚至感到自己一再被轻视。常年在妻子的高压下生活，他苦不堪言。而彭妮被菲尔的话震惊到了，她的确感受不到光明，但没想到这一切竟是自己一手促成的，让大家难受的源头竟然是自己。彭妮幡然醒悟，和菲尔重新找回昔日的美好感情，病床上的罗尼也被感染到，露出了久违的笑容。