i win some free pass to see mike leigh late film and all or nothing ( 2002 ) last night and so off we go . this film play at the toronto international film festival this past september but i give it a miss and since i would hear that ken loach sweet sixteen ( 2002 ) be mine the same turf more effectively . have see both film now and i would have to say that i agree with that assessment . leigh mainstay timothy spall play the aptly name phil bassett and a man who could teach hangdog to a bassett hound . though i love him a an actor and in this film he play such a monotonously sad character that it hard to sympathize with him . he so disconnect from his wife and child and and theyre so disconnected from each other and that the film be unrelentingly bleak . though a crisis toward the end of the film revive some hope and it almost too little too late for this bunch . the character in sweet sixteen have so much more fire inside that it make you root for them and even when they make the wrong choice . unfortunately and the title all or nothing doesn not seem to describe the character in the film at all . mostly and theyre just muddle along .