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09/02/06
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:38
Rotten:17
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: Bittersweet and endearing, this film about aging and unexpected friendship is a lovely vehicle for Joan Plowright.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Dan Ireland's latest film is the comedy drama, "Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont", based on the best selling novel of the same name, by the late, celebrated English author, Elizabeth Taylor, for... [More]
Starring: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoe Tapper, Anna Massey
Director: Dan Ireland
Reviews for Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
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10/14/06
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10/27/06
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04/08/06
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.
03/31/06
... a low-key weepy about loneliness and (possibly) learning to conform one's romantic expectations to reality.
12/06/05
Top CriticToo often confuses gooey sentimentality for legit compassion.
11/22/05
A small film, done in a minor key. At times, it can be so slow it's like watching paint peel.
03/25/06
This underwhelming "prestige" production offers a few pleasures, but doesn't stay in the memory very long.
03/01/07
Audiences susceptible to this sort of sweet Hallmark Hall of Fame sentimentality will be taken by the movie. Everyone else will probably find it just too manipulative.
03/21/06
It's all sweet and well acted (and well enough directed by Dan Ireland), but it's also yawn-provoking and maddening that the script is so far below the acting ability of the assembled talent.
05/20/06
The whole thing feels programmed; the movie's sense of humor lacks understatement. So does the movie's sense of pathos.
05/04/06
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05/13/06
You'd half expect the movie to throw caution to the wind and become "Grandmas Gone Wild," but the film is too prim to offer any surprises.
08/24/06
It's watchable but wan, quite dry and bloodless.
02/24/06
A sweet movie that fails to make the distinction between old age and death.
12/01/05
Director Dan Ireland ... pokes his way through the plodding story, but Plowright rides above it all with a performance loaded with grace notes and tenderness.
03/10/06
... tedious heart-tugger ...
12/06/05
Your time would be much better spent skipping the film and instead calling your grandparents, who would no doubt love to hear from you.
12/01/05
Unfortunately, the result is high melodrama, at once patronizing and predictable.
06/24/06
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