Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6628 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-07-07
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 103 minutes

Synopsis
An elderly widow dumped in a 'retirement hotel' by her family strikes up an unlikely friendship with an aspiring young writer. Her disappointment at the sight of her new lodgings is soon tempered by the young man's joie de vivre as she discovers a whole new lease on life. MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT proves the old adage that you can choose your friends but you can't choose your family.

Customer Reviews

Easy watching
Happily watched this whilst feeling ill. It is a wonderful script and Joan Plowright is excellent. Rupert Friend is gorgeous and plays his part well. It is also Robert Lang's last movie before he died. It really touches the heartstrings and is a great watch when nothing much else is on. Throughly enjoyed.

Gentle charm
A simple story, nicely told with good performances mostly by some well known faces of the older generation of British actors. The film is largely a vehicle for a fine central performance by Joan Plowright as the eponymous elderly widow settling into life in a faded, genteel London hotel with its mainly elderly occupants. The theme of the film is of a friendship that develops between her and a handsome, young writer--a charming, though somewhat unbelievable scenario. One of the pleasures of the film for me is the amazing array of lovely, expensive-looking and flattering clothes that Ms Plowright changes into several times a day. I wonder how they fitted into the small number of suitcases she arrived with at the hotel and how she fitted them into the small hotel wardrobe?

Endearing film
Lovely film. Always a pleasure to see Joan Plowright; she is charming. One of Rupert Friend's first films, and he is great.