Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Plummer, Elke Sommer, Zoltán Gera, Maggie Smith, Adolph Green
• Directors: Károly Makk
• Producers: Lily in Love ( Játszani kell ) ( Playing for Keeps ), Lily in Love, Játszani kell, Playing for Keeps
• Format: Import, PAL
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000LQJ4SM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #573,453 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: An ageing actor makes himself up to look like a younger man in order to win a role in a film written by his wife. Things become complicated when his wife falls in love with 'him'... ...Lily in Love ( Játszani kell ) ( Playing for Keeps )

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little known Gem, March 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Lily in Love [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Fans of Christopher Plummer will not want to miss this movie, as he has a dual role: the rather arrogant and ascerbic Fitzroy Winn and his "alter-ego", Roberto Terranova. Fitz, an actor and Lily, a playwright have a long and now troubled marriage. Fitz's dream is to make it really big in a film and when he finds a new script that Lily has written, he sees his chance. However, Lily is having none of it! She wants a different actor for the part. So Fitz, unbeknownst to Lily, becomes Roberto Terranova and gets the role. But what will happen to their marriage when it turns out that Lily is very attracted to Roberto?!

This is a little bit of a departure for Christopher Plummer, but a very enjoyable one, as he gets to try some comedy. And, as always, he is excellent! Maggie Smith is terrific as the tired and underappreciated Lily. I would recommend this for more mature audiences, only because the characters are older, although I first saw it in my 20's and loved it! A great little comedy to brighten an evening!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars On Demand made a bad copy, November 24, 2009

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ELivaderci (Oakbrook Terrace, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lily In Love (DVD)

I saw the original movie "Lily in Love" and thought it was wonderful.
So I bought the "on demand" DVD version of "Lily in Love" when I saw it on Amazon hoping to enjoy the movie again. I was quite dissatisfied and returned the item.
The reasons were:

1. Several scenes were too dark to see well
2. It was hard to hear in some places
3. The speed of some frames either temporarily halted or sped up.
4. It didn't have all the scenes of the movie (it was like it was an "edited for content" TV version).
5. The DVD cover sleeve also had grammer errors which led me to believe it was a "home created" movie.

I still love the original full-length movie. Sadly, this product was not it.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rarely Seen Film, December 7, 2011

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Gun Moll (London, England) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Lily In Love (DVD)

Lily in Love is one of Maggie Smith's most enchanting films, but it has almost disappeared. Happily DVD technology has brought it back to us.