horrible people ought to be the subtitle of this horrible film . if you want to see ordinary people do ordinary thing and then look out of your window at real life . but if you want to see unpleasant people do dull thing and you will have to watch this horrible film by mike leigh . the character talk at length and but never actually manage to communicate with each other . why not . presumably because leigh thing that all of u be a ineffective and pathetic a his actor and and he want to film real life . but be not and and he fail .