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My Old Lady

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My Old Lady

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Comedy drama starring Maggie Smith and Kevin Kline. A hapless New Yorker inherits an apartment in Paris only to find that the old Englishwoman who is living there comes as part of the deal. His efforts to budge the lady meet with resistance while her attractive daughter threatens to weaken his resolve.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Stella Papamichael

Maggie Smith capitalises on the success of TV's Downton Abbey here, playing another wealthy old dowager, Madame Girard, in a comedy drama adapted by writer/director Israel Horovitz from his own play. However, Girard's stiff upper lip conceals some loose morals, which are gradually revealed when smart-mouthed New Yorker Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) comes to take possession of her grand Parisian home. He's dismayed to find that, in accordance with an antiquated French law, he is obliged to let Girard live out her days in the property, which has been bequeathed to him by his father. So begins a series of attempts to get rid of his unwelcome tenant. Smith and Kline have excellent chemistry but, although Kristin Scott Thomas is on good form as Girard's brittle but attractive daughter, her scenes with Kline aren't as much fun. Skeletons tumble out of the closet in rather a clumsy fashion, so it's just as well that Horovitz has managed to attract a refined cast who are able to put some meat on those old bones.

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6.4/10

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Cast

rolenameMathilde GirardMaggie SmithMathias GoldKevin KlineChloé GirardKristin Scott ThomasMonsieur LefebvreDominique PinonFrançois RoyStéphane FreissDr Florence HorowitzNoémie Lvovsky

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rolenameDirectorIsrael Horovitz

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Theatrical distributor

Curzon Film World

Released on

2014-11-21

Languages

English | Italian | French

Guidance

some swearing, sexual references

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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