Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.
- Released: 2022-07-15
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Stars: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lucas Bravo, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Anna Chancellor, Rose Williams, Ellen Thomas, Jason Isaacs, Roxane Duran, Bertrand Poncet, Christian McKay, Freddie Fox, Philippe Bertin, Guilaine Londez, Dorottya Ilosvai, Delroy Atkinson, Vincent Martin, Harry Szovik, Péter Végh, Csémy Balázs, Igor Szász, Jeremy Wheeler, Ben Addis, Zsolt Páll, Declan Hannigan, Stephen Saracco, Sarah Rickman, Wayne Brett, Panka Murányi, Emese Sarkadi-Szabo, Guizani Douraied, Jade Lopez, Anett Földi, Germaine Queen Ottley, Sába Kapás, Saruul Delgerbayar, Isabella Brett, Cintia Örvendi, Barnabás Réti
- Director: Anthony Fabian
Comments
- pwpj11 - 12 January 2023
Totally charming
When I was in grade school, I read this book not long after it was published in 1958 and reread it many times, but it has been a while since I did so. I had forgotten many of the plot details. This film brought back the warmth and joy of the book as well as the plot. It is refreshing to see a movie about an older character and someone who is rewarded for being a kind person.
I am a fan of several of the actors: Leslie Manville for Phantom Thread, Alba Baptista for Warrior Nun, and Jason Isaacs for Harry Potter, of course, but for me even more so for the dashing villain he played on Star Trek: Discovery. They all were great in Mrs. Harris. Leslie Manville, especially, exudes kindness and warmth. Thank you, all, for bringing back a wonderful memory. - deloudelouvain - 6 December 2022
Boring, there I said it.
I'm still trying to figure out why this movie scores so high? First of all it's not a comedy, or maybe I must not get the humour. I think I have a good sense of humour but with this movie I didn't laugh once, neither did my wife. That said it could still be a good movie in another genre but sadly it wasn't. The story starts boring, gets more boring in the middle to end boring and very predictable. I guess the acting wasn't bad. Then again playing boring bland characters isn't the most difficult thing to do. Lesley Manville was convincing in playing her character, that was supposed to be charming but turned out to be boring. The always elegant Isabelle Huppert just has a smaller role, even though her name appeared first in the credits as if she was the main character. I guess there's a particular audience for this kind of movies, I'm just not one of them. To me it was a waste of my time.
