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Ladies in Lavender 
Actors : Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone, Daniel Brühl, Miriam Margolyes
Director : Charles Dance
Studio : Sony Pictures
by Sony Pictures
Release Date : 2005-12-06
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781404914339
UPC : 043396131064
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 80 reviews)
List Price : $14.94
Our Price : $7.50
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A couple of old Dames make the slender story of Ladies in Lavender surprisingly moving. Janet and Ursula (Maggie Smith and Judi Dench), a pair of elderly sisters living on the Cornish coast, discover a young Polish man named Andrea (Daniel Bruhl, Goodbye Lenin!) washed ashore and barely alive. They nurse him back to health and discover that he's a talented violinist--a fact also recognized by a mysterious young woman (Natascha McElhone, The Truman Show), who may woo Andrea away from them. The core of the movie is not its plot but the skillful and delicate play of emotions underlying how the sisters treat Andrea; Ursula, a spinster, finds herself sliding from maternal affection to an embarrassing but irresistible schoolgirl crush. Ladies in Lavender captures something that few contemporary movies bother to consider: Older men and women are as capable of passion and desire as the young, but the young carelessly (and sometimes cruelly) disregard the old. In the hands of Dench (Shakespeare in Love, Iris) and Smith (California Suite, Gosford Park)--as well as David Warner (Time After Time) as a bitter doctor--Ladies in Lavender becomes a bit like a violin concerto itself: Discreet and subtle, but finding in the smallest movements a richness of feeling. --Bret Fetzer |
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This had good actors in it, but the sound seemed garbled, so it was hard to understand the dialogue. |
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soft-hued lavender... |
This is for those who enjoy the works of Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Daniel Bruhl doesn't harm your eyes either. The story is joyously light but deep, the characters of Maggie Smith and Judi Dench are superbly played. It's like sibling rivalry, but not sibling rivalry. It's jealousy,
but not jealousy. Ah, life! So simple and complicate. I guess that's why life is beautiful...like lavenders swaying by the wind.
And the music throughout! Gorgeously played by Joshua Bell, and it decorated this movie and made me run to the record shop to get the cd after I've finished watching this underrated gem.
A warning though, this is a film for those who loves "talkie" romance drama genre...of the old kind(pun not intended!).
Enjoy!!! |
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A Bit Disappointing |
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I bought this movie on the strong recommendation of a friend. I enjoyed it, but thought the ending was a tad weak. The two actresses starring are legends and did an admirable job. Not a bad way to spend a couple of hours, but I wish I had seen it on cable instead of buying it. Doubtful that I will watch it again in the future. |
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Hits a Tender Spot |
Based on the short story of the same name by William J. Locke, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench play aging sisters Janet and Urusla, living in Cornwall who discover a body washed up on their coastline. They nurse this barely alive young Polish man back to the land of the living and learn quite by accident that he is a talented violinist. In nursing him and learning to communicate with him, quite a few emotions are surfaced by the sisters, one who has lost a husband to war and one who has never had a chance to love.
Billed as a sort of fairytale, complete with a wicked witch who swoops in and changes everyone lives, this wonderful coming of age (even if you are 60) story hits a tender spot and make you realize that a crush can happen at any age.
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Wonderful! |
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I loved this movie, the setting, the relationship of the women, the easy pace of the story, and particularly the music. Their is one odd quirk in the story, being that the women become sexually attracted to the young boy which the story centers around. It was too weird, and absolutely unnecessary. It would have been much more believable to limit their relationship with the boy to simple rivalry over his affection. As it is, I feel uncomfortable to have my young teenagers watch it. All in all, I will ignore it and enjoy the wonderful music and the women. |
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