Product Details

• Actors: Pauline Collins, Peter Capaldi, Anna Wilson-Jones, Gwenllian Davies, Sheila Reid
• Directors: Ian Sharp
• Writers: Malcolm Stone, Vernon Coleman
• Producers: Andrew Tate, Andy Birmingham, Graham Sumner, Keith Dearling, Michael Murray
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Arrow Films
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00015N4T8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,797 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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 ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: Not so aged widow Thelma Caldicot is coerced into a resthome by her manipulative son and daughter-in-law after the death of her bullying husband. Apathy turns to anger and then action as the medication is discarded and Thelma discovers her mettle. She and her aged cohorts stage a rebellion but the result is something nobody envisaged. ...Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars charming, delightful British comedy gem, January 7, 2006

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War [VHS] (VHS Tape)

MRS CALDICOT'S CABBAGE WAR is a delightful British comedy gem, with Pauline Collins ("Upstairs Downstairs", "Shirley Valentine") in the lead role and a roster of fine British players.

Thelma Caldicot (Pauline Collins) lives a boring life, under the thumb of her mean-spirited husband (Terence Rigby). When he unexpectedly dies, Thelma finally starts living her own life, but is dealt another blow by her money-hungry son Derek (Peter Capaldi). He decides that Thelma cannot possibly live by herself, sells the house and places his mother in a nursing home.

Once in the nursing home, Thelma befriends some of the residents including Joyce (Sheila Reid), Bernard (Frank Middlemass) and Audrey (Gwenllian Davies). When they get tired of having to eat cabbage for dinner every night, the residents start a protest, led by Thelma, which eventually sees them move out of the home and into a luxury hotel!

Such a lovely, gentle film with moments of comedy and pathos in equal measures. Pauline Collins is the perfect actress to bring to life the sparky, resourceful Mrs Caldicot, and plays her as an extension of her legendary and beloved "Shirley Valentine".

With John Alderton (Collins' real-life husband), Anna Wilson-Jones, Frank Mills, Isla Blair, Wanda Ventham, Martin Jarvis and Selina Cadell.

A British comedy not-to-be-missed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mrs.Caldicot's Cabbage War, December 16, 2010

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Smokey "old movies fan" (Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

An excellent little movie, quite entertaining. The veteran actors show us that they still have what it takes to make a great comedy film without using any unnecessary gratuitous foul language and violence. My kind of entertainment and I am sure I am not the only one who appreciates this genre.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST COMEDY, December 28, 2009

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Gordon David Barnaby "NZ Fan" (Whitianga New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

This is surely one of the best British comedys ever. How true one could imagine it could be. Thoroughly recommended as GREAT entertainment

Gordon Barnaby
NEW ZEALAND