After the rather anomalous TOPSY-TURVY, Mike Leigh returns to the working class Brit material which made him one of the most prominent filmmakers of the 1990s.  Here though, it feels overly familiar, roughly retreading territory Leigh covered in HIGH HOPES and LIFE IS SWEET.  ALL OR NOTHING’s milieu is even more impoverished, a landscape of desperate people alienated from one other through tired routine and menial work.  Phil (Timothy Spall) is a cabbie who deals with life by not dealing with it, having long ago walled himself off from the constant bickering between his wife and son.   Wife Penny (Lesley Manville) works at the check-out counter at a grocery store, and occasionally goes out with friends like the funny, dependable Maureen (Ruth Sheen) and her opposite, the alcoholic Carol (Marion Bailey).  Maureen’s daughter, Donna (Helen Coker), is in a rough and tumble relationship with her boyfriend, Jason (Daniel Mays), who has just gotten her pregnant.  Carol’s promiscuous daughter, Samantha (Sally Hawkins), eyes Jason while dealing with her own stalker.  Phil and Penny’s daughter, Rachel (Alison Garland), works at a retirement home and also deals with an unwanted approach from an older co-worker.  Then there’s her brother, Rory (James Corden), a total layabout who explodes the moment his mother opens her mouth.  As usual, each actor in a Leigh film invests more in their character than initially meets the eye.  They gradually progress from types to individuals who surprise in their capabilities.  The entire cast is striking, but Manville and Sheen make the greatest impression, two of the best performances of the year.