{"product_id":"life-is-sweet-blu-ray-pre-order-16-february-2026","title":"Life is Sweet Blu-Ray","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis invigorating film from Mike Leigh was his first international sensation. Melancholy and funny by turns, it is an intimate portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London—an irrepressible mum and dad (Alison Steadman and Jim Broadbent) and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a troubled, ill-tempered layabout (Claire Skinner and Jane Horrocks). Leigh and his typically brilliant cast create, with extraordinary sensitivity and craft, a vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams—such as the father’s desire to open a food truck—carry enormous weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· United Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· 1990\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· 103 minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Colour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· 1.85:1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Spine #659\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director of photography Dick Pope, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· New audio commentary featuring director Mike Leigh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Audio recording of a 1991 interview with Leigh at the National Film Theatre in London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· Five short films written and directed by Leigh for the proposed television series Five-Minute Films, with a new audio introduction by Leigh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· PLUS: A new essay by critic David Sterritt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e· New cover by Eric Skillman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47196306374830,"sku":"CC2258BDUK","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/659_BD.jpg?v=1764255555","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/life-is-sweet-blu-ray-pre-order-16-february-2026","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}