Product Details

• Actors: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Zoe Tapper, Anna Massey, Robert Lang
• Directors: Dan Ireland
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Terra Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 12, 2010
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002TZS58I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,036 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT - DVD Movie

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119 of 123 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure!, February 11, 2007

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Richard B. Green - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (DVD)

After the film came to an end (I'd rented it on DVD), a friend who had enjoyed it with us said, "Where did you hear about this movie?" And I wasn't quite sure where I'd first seen mention of the film until, in watching an extra on the DVD, Joan Plowright's acceptance speech as winner of a best actress award from AARP, I realized it had been in a recent AARP magazine I'd received. If we lived in a just world, then Joan Plowright's performance as Mrs. Palfrey would have received an Academy Award nomination last year. When one considers what passes for entertainment nowadays, this film can stand head and shoulders above so many. No sense giving you a rundown on the story itself; suffice it to say that, if you've any curiosity as to what ageing will be like, if you've any curiosity as to how those moving into their later senior years deal with the good and bad of growing older, this movie will enlighten you. And this chance possibility of paths crossing, lives changed, the opportunity to grow from a chance encounter and a friendship formed are all beautifully explored in this wonderful little film. Rupert Friend delightfully holds his own as he and Ms Plowright form what might seem like an unlikely but beautiful friendship. There is nary a false move in his performance nor hers. I'm buying a DVD copy of my own to share with my many senior friends who, I'm sure, have yet to enjoy this story.

54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of this years best, January 28, 2007

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Stalwart Kreinblaster "SK2008" (Xanadu) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (DVD)

Joan Plowright gives one of her best performances in this deeply effecting little film.. I love all of the characters staying in the hotel..every detail is surprisingly well done.. This is no Harold and Maude tale as others have noted but rather a story of two people who seem to understand each other in a way that even their closest relations do not.. It is charming right to the end - even if somewhat predictable..
Joan Plowright has such a lovely presence and never has to force her acting at all - she is so natural and believable.. I am sure this movie will have a lasting power..

58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Age is but a state of mind!, February 11, 2007

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Joyce Schwarz "Joyce Schwarz" (Marina Del Rey, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (DVD)

One chance meeting, two changed lives. I suggest before you watch the DVD you listen to the narrative of the producer and director which is a value add on the DVD. It will give you great4er insight into this delightful film that seems timeless. An elegant wido Joan Plowright plays Mrs. Paltrey who moves into a residence hotel called the Claremont in London. Instead of it being a cosmopolitan boutique hotel, it turns out to be one of those forgettable places with the bath down the hall. A chance meeting with a dashing young writer Rubert Friend changes both of their lives. They were meant to meet. NO this is not a may/december love story but it is a romance of a certain kind. A nice valentine to any age who doesn't know that love comes in many places and ways in our lives. And it's important to embrace it and accept it and be grateful for what crosses our path. Family of choice is sometimes so much more meaningful than family of chance (the one you're born into). This was an indy film made for $1 million on location in London -- amazing quality and a charming script. Bravo.