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 enlarge | Director: Dan Ireland
Actor: Joan Plowright; Rupert Friend; Zoe Tapper; Anna Massey; Robert Lang (ii); Marcia Warren; Georgina Hale; Millicent Martin; Michael Culkin; Anna Carteret; Lorcan O'toole; Timothy Bateson; Clare Higgins; Emma Pike; Carl Proctor; Sophie Linfield; Olivia Caffrey
Studio: Westlake
Category: DVD
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Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 3380
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WESDWLV3438D
UPC: 798622343826
EAN: 0798622343826
ASIN: B000GYI3PY
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: December 12, 2006
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 Great Movie! Old-time appeal. September 10, 2007
S. Davis
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This must have been a "sleeper" because I had never heard of it until a co-worker mentioned it and said it was good. I rented it from Netflix and I fell in love with it. The story is simple, and I suppose one could say it was perdictable, but that doesn't take away from the warm, well acted appeal of the film. There isn't any vulgarity, no sex and no violence. Maybe that's why the film never made a "hit" with film critics and movie goers. The widowed Mrs. Palfrey takes a little "vacation" for herself and makes reservations at an older hotel that (in its prime)was a high-class establishment. Unfortunately, the years were not kind and it has become quite run down. After taking such pains to make "a good first impression" with her appearance, Mrs. Palfrey finds herself a little out of her element. The permanent guests are an interesting assortment and a "family" atmosphere emerges. Mrs. Palfrey's family leaves something to be desired (her daughter is wrapped up in her own life, and her grandson isn't any better). Feeling the need to present an errant grandson to her fellow guests, Mrs. Palfrey "adopts" a young man she mets in London, and the story takes off from there. Personally, I found it refreshing, funny, sad, and left me feeling good after watching it. If you like a film that will touch your heart and leave you with a good feel - this is it! Turn off the phone, get a bowl of popcorn and sit back and prepare to be truly immersed in a great story!
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont August 29, 2007
C. Navarro (San Francisco, CA United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
A delightful and entertaining movie. Subject was well thought out and it showed a connection between the generations that is often ignored in most of todays films.
Academy Awards . . . and the winner is . . . August 11, 2007
Terry Fenwick (Half Moon Bay, CA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
How did it not win ALL the awards? Please tell me how that happened? Joan Plowright, of course, always should win; Rupert Friend should have walked away with every award; Zoe Tapper, the girl every mother and father wants their son to bring home, should have won an award; the people at the Claremont all deserve an Oscar; the best song For All We Know should have won; the Writer, the Producers, the Director, the whole city of London all deserve an award. It is truly an incredible movie. Magnificent! The sweetest story ever told! My heart is weeping and laughing at the same time. I lived and loved every part in this movie.
 Senior follies August 11, 2007
C.A. Arthur (Tacoma, Washington)
3 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is a dreadfully dreary, predictable, sentimental, waste of time. Yes, the acting is fine, but the script for this low budget flop should have been tossed out on sight. Everything is a stereotype: the elderly are mentally defective and dying to be sexy and fun; the young hippy in the story is ever-so-sensitive and good; the "words of wisdom" by the major character (Plowright) are superficial to the point of being humorous. The ending is sloppy and witless...as the hippy moves on, no doubt trying to bed more girls while thinking wistfully of the old woman who...who what? What a waste. Harold and Maude was at least funny.
Mrs.Palfrey at the Claremont August 6, 2007
Penny Mangakis (Somewhere in New Jersey)
A beautiful story. Everyone who has seen this movie in my life has raved about it. A real pleasure to watch. I can watch it over and over again.
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