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A charming, if slight, period drama that quietly showcases fine performances by its two stars.
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It's a British period piece, full of the sylvan Cornish coast and countryside, vintage motorcars, steam threshers and sensibilities. Pity they left out a compelling plot. Jul 8, 2005 | Rating: 2/5
It's a British period piece, full of the sylvan Cornish coast and countryside, vintage motorcars, steam threshers and sensibilities. Pity they left out a compelling plot.
Roger Moore
A fascinating and involving chamber piece for two superb actresses. Jun 4, 2005 | Rating: B
A fascinating and involving chamber piece for two superb actresses.
Eleanor Ringel Cater
A wistful little thing about regret, jealousy and love. Jun 2, 2005 | Rating: 3/4
A wistful little thing about regret, jealousy and love.
Steven Rea
Under Dance's sure hand, and the even surer performances of Smith and Dench, who know that underplaying an emotion often increases its punch, the film is a small study in the dignity of letting go. May 27, 2005 | Full Review…
Under Dance's sure hand, and the even surer performances of Smith and Dench, who know that underplaying an emotion often increases its punch, the film is a small study in the dignity of letting go.
Michael O'Sullivan
A funny, civilized little romantic drama in which Smith co-stars with the equally estimable Judi Dench. May 27, 2005 | Full Review…
A funny, civilized little romantic drama in which Smith co-stars with the equally estimable Judi Dench.
Ann Hornaday
As long as Dench or Smith is on the screen there's plenty to absorb one's interest. May 27, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
As long as Dench or Smith is on the screen there's plenty to absorb one's interest.
Susan Walker
Smith is rather wasted...Perhaps if the actresses had exchanged roles, this pallid palette would have had more emotional color. Mar 1, 2007 | Full Review…
Smith is rather wasted...Perhaps if the actresses had exchanged roles, this pallid palette would have had more emotional color.
David Noh
One wonders how much of their performances came from Dance's direction and how much came from the actresses themselves, but what counts is what is there on the screen, which is more than satisfactory. May 2, 2006 | Full Review…
One wonders how much of their performances came from Dance's direction and how much came from the actresses themselves, but what counts is what is there on the screen, which is more than satisfactory.
Boyd van Hoeij
Filled with wonderful music and magnificent, subtle acting. The story, however, goes nowhere at a glacial pace. Sep 19, 2005 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Filled with wonderful music and magnificent, subtle acting. The story, however, goes nowhere at a glacial pace.
Robert Roten
Maggie Smith and Judi Dench are a great duo, but the film isn't so great. Aug 12, 2005
Maggie Smith and Judi Dench are a great duo, but the film isn't so great.
John Wirt
Remaining locked in Ursula and Janet's fantasies, Ladies in Lavender evades complexity with monomania. Aug 9, 2005
Remaining locked in Ursula and Janet's fantasies, Ladies in Lavender evades complexity with monomania.
Mark Palermo
Dance is so tentative and tasteful in his direction that he never draws out the underlying emotions beneath the polite exteriors. Jul 28, 2005 | Rating: 2/4
Dance is so tentative and tasteful in his direction that he never draws out the underlying emotions beneath the polite exteriors.
Rob Thomas
It doesn't take us any effort to understand the genuine fascination created by the mysterious and handsome young man played by Daniel Brühl, but this unremarkable British drama is only worth it for the superb performances by Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.
Super Reviewer
Lavender Ladies Lose Their Way. Aesthetically pleasing without much content. Although the story is good and told beautifully it lacks drama.
Two grand old English ladies find a Polish kid washed up on their beach. They nurse Andrea back to life, and find out he is an accomplished violinist. I enjoy this sort of movie where the characters have to make difficult decisions.
[font=Century Gothic]"Ladies in Lavender" takes place in 1930's on the English coast where sisters Ursula(Judi Dench) and Janet(Maggie Smith) Widdington enjoy their quiet lives together until one day a young man(Daniel Bruhl) washes up on shore almost on their doorstep. Luckily, he is still alive, having apparently survived a shipwreck. Dr. Mead(David Warner) diagnoses the young man as having nothing more serious than a broken ankle. So, he is left to recuperate in the sisters' home. And as he gets better, they find that he speaks no English, comes from Poland and that his name is Andrea...[/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Ladies in Lavender" is a sweet, nice, gentle movie about life in a bucolic setting but its straightforwardness is both a blessing and a curse for it does make the resolution extremely hard to take.(And two of the characters do not behave in a very credible way, either.) In a way, the film plays off the perceptions of the characters versus the viewer's preconceptions of what may happen. Overall, the movie is a testament to the impossibility of making a bad movie with both Judi Dench and Maggie Smith starring in it. And Natascha McElhone(should ditch the accents, though) and David Warner are good in support. [/font]
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