Very nice idea for a film--the idea that the elderly do have lives/needs/interests. However, the slights/abuses toward the elderly in this film counteract most of the positive ideas here. Ms Plowright looks just like Elizabeth II--not sure it that was so intentional, but she ends up to be very revered, holier than thou compared to her supposed "peers" at the elderly hotel.
One woman who dares to be friendly and approach others in the dining room is nearly lambasted each time for "bothering" Mrs. P. Too bad, some young, handsome gent doesn't befriend her--she is a person as well with a past that none of us ever knows about. Wish she had found Ludovic before Mrs. P did.
Also, the poor waitress is also blasted by several, never spoken to kindly, and not introduced to Mrs. P's supposed grandson, even when she seemed very interested in him. Guess she was just too lowly, tho young.
Those poor elderly peers seem to be happy for Mrs. P that she has a date , in addition to having a fake grandson. These "peers" seem to have nothing, yet they are never invited to sit at her table or go out with her on her jaunts with "grandson". Toward the end, Mrs. P is angry with them for "noticing her too much" and all she wants is to be invisible--I guess just from them--the lowly elderly crowd.
This approach to the aging group was just sad to see especially when one of them is singled out to be of such higher caliber than the rest. Kind of shocked that this elderly tiering was not really noticed and readily accepted by the movie going public.
One woman who dares to be friendly and approach others in the dining room is nearly lambasted each time for "bothering" Mrs. P. Too bad, some young, handsome gent doesn't befriend her--she is a person as well with a past that none of us ever knows about. Wish she had found Ludovic before Mrs. P did.
Also, the poor waitress is also blasted by several, never spoken to kindly, and not introduced to Mrs. P's supposed grandson, even when she seemed very interested in him. Guess she was just too lowly, tho young.
Those poor elderly peers seem to be happy for Mrs. P that she has a date , in addition to having a fake grandson. These "peers" seem to have nothing, yet they are never invited to sit at her table or go out with her on her jaunts with "grandson". Toward the end, Mrs. P is angry with them for "noticing her too much" and all she wants is to be invisible--I guess just from them--the lowly elderly crowd.
This approach to the aging group was just sad to see especially when one of them is singled out to be of such higher caliber than the rest. Kind of shocked that this elderly tiering was not really noticed and readily accepted by the movie going public.