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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
Directed by
Dan Ireland
2008
1h 48m
Not Rated
Comedy
,
Drama
7.6
70%
82%
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All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
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Cast of Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
Joan Plowright
Mrs. Palfrey
Rupert Friend
Ludovic Meyer
Zoë Tapper
Gwendolyn
Anna Massey
Mrs. Arbuthnot
Robert Lang
Mr. Osborne
Georgina Hale
Mrs. Burton
Michael Culkin
Willie De Salis
Timothy Bateson
Summers
Clare Higgins
Mrs. Meyer
David Webber
Cabbie
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont Reviews
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Plowright, who has made something of a specialty of breathing life into stereotypically written older women for the past 20 years, makes the most of a rare opportunity to play someone still open to the surprises the world can bring.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Like a cup of strong British tea with a sugar cube tossed in, Dan Ireland's Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont is at once sweet and bitter, a fairy-tale friendship in the context of an achingly lonely life.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
It's an altogether satisfying drama -- the sort of movie some people complain they don't make anymore.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
The whole thing feels programmed; the movie's sense of humor lacks understatement. So does the movie's sense of pathos.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Just as teenagers enjoy escapist movies, so do the elderly. They simply prefer a gentler pace. What is touching about Mrs. Palfrey is that she is allowed to be elderly, and not turned into a hip-hop granny.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Like the woman herself, Mrs. Palfry gets to you.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
A small film, done in a minor key. At times, it can be so slow it's like watching paint peel.
Detroit News
Tom Long
A small portrait of friendship and intergenerational connection, painted in delicate strokes and warm tones.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
Of course, sentiment in such pure form is hard to embrace. Without a realistic edge, it's like a flower arrangement: lovely for a short span, then prone to wilting.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
... a low-key weepy about loneliness and (possibly) learning to conform one's romantic expectations to reality.
Orlando Sentinel
Roger Moore
It's watchable but wan, quite dry and bloodless.
Dallas Morning News
Nancy Churnin
Under the seamless direction of Dan Ireland, Mrs. Palfrey is enriched by the real-life parallel of watching a veteran actress in her 50th year of films.
Austin Chronicle
Toddy Burton
Unfortunately, the result is high melodrama, at once patronizing and predictable.
Boxoffice Magazine
Sheri Linden
... tedious heart-tugger ...
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Not deep but much fun, it gives Plowright possibly her best role in the flickers.
L.A. Weekly
Tim Grierson
Your time would be much better spent skipping the film and instead calling your grandparents, who would no doubt love to hear from you.
Variety
Lael Loewenstein
An endearing, deceptively simple story.
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
The details are what matters, and thanks to a cast of all-star British elders and a mischievous sense of humor, the filmmakers bring those details to vivid life.
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