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80
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Critic Score

67
Critics' score based on 19 reviews.
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It's an altogether satisfying drama -- the sort of movie some people complain they don't make anymore. So here it is; what's your excuse?Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe

The details are what matters, and thanks to a cast of all-star British elders and a mischievous sense of humor, the filmmakers bring those details to vivid life.Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

The movie is a delight, in ways both expected and rare.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

The casting, at least, is magical. Plowright shows both her character's strength and her heartbreaking vulnerability, sometimes at once.Full Review

Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle

The movie pulls off the trick of blurring the distinctions between romantic and platonic attractions across the generations.Full Review

Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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