Summary: Tomorrow is made for some, and tomorrow may never come... Score: 9/10 A movie my mom asked me to see. She didn't recommend it, she asked me to see it, so in a way I feel as though she's here watching it with me, perhaps invited to learn something about the way my mom feels about her own life, and to me that's a very special invitation.
Joan Plowright is outrageously genius as Mrs. Palfrey, the traditional and sensitive, thoughtful widow who is coming into a new chapter of her life. One many call her Golden Years.
Anna Massey has the funniest lines and is adorable. "I watch Sex and the City. It makes me feel better knowing I won't be around very much longer." "I'm just exercising my rights. It keeps my heart going. A little thing I learned from Mrs. Thatcher." One afternoon, coming home from posting a letter to a grandson who never calls, she trips in front of a young man's apartment who comes to her aid. There is something about their meeting where she's says indignantly I'm fine! And he says kindly, no you're not and brings her inside for a moment. There is something very moving about this meeting, as the viewer realizes they could be in either position any time in our lives. Just the right amount of time is spent to let that settle on the surface of consciousness if one is so obliged, but not long enough to force it if you aren't.
She invites him, Ludovic Meyer, played by Rupert Friend who bares a striking resemblance to Orlando Bloom, but what an actor! to visit her one Saturday evening for dinner at the Claremont. but when all the other ladies think she means her grandson, she doesn't quite know how to tell them her grandson still has not called, and thus begins a ruse, but a sweet and kindly ruse.
Okay I lied, Anna Massey doesn't have a monopoly on the funny lines. Everyone is quite brilliant.
The Claremont is a marvelous and quaint hotel in London, but what truly stands out are the personalities. And perhaps in a Harold and Maude sort of way, the two will help each other in astonishing and unexpected ways. In fact the aforementioned film is mentioned at one point.
For the "grandson", he begins writing a novel entitled "We Aren't Allowed To Die Here" concerning a rule Mrs. Palfrey told to him that evening at dinner.
It reminds me of a woman I met in San Diego. She was in her 90s, and the life she lived, the memories of her life, truly a treat to listen to. That kind of walk through history is never so rich and moving and meaningful as when it is from the person themselves. I wish I remembered her name, she was a remarkable woman.
Is it possible when Mrs. Palfrey calls "Major" this is an homage to the famous character from Fawlty Towers played by the very much loved and respected Ballard Berkeley who passed in 1988? We watch as Mrs. Palfrey relives the happiest moments of her life, somewhat vicariously through her new friend Ludovic, as he finds the love of his life through finding the catalyst which brought Mr.s Palfrey and her dead husband Arthur together so long ago, in the film A Brief Encounter by Noel Coward. After watching this film I highly recommend finding a copy of the romantic and beautiful film mentioned by Noel Coward, Brief Encounter (1945), as I am going to watch and review that film next! In the end, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont is not an ending, but a moment in time. A touching and poignant snapshot of a poem laying on a sidewalk. A ripple on the water and then no more. But something lives on, something beautiful, and we should find the time to share that with our own loved ones, friends, and strangers. For life is so short, and we truly are together here in this crazy and lonely mixed up world.
The song "For All We Know", I must confess I already knew how to play on the guitar :) For all we know we may never meet again Before you go make this moment sweet again We wont say good night until the last minute Ill hold out my hand and my heart will be in it For all we know this may only be a dream We come and go like a ripple on a stream So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some Tomorrow may never come for all we know So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some Tomorrow may never come for all we know
Joan Plowright is outrageously genius as Mrs. Palfrey, the traditional and sensitive, thoughtful widow who is coming into a new chapter of her life. One many call her Golden Years.
Anna Massey has the funniest lines and is adorable. "I watch Sex and the City. It makes me feel better knowing I won't be around very much longer." "I'm just exercising my rights. It keeps my heart going. A little thing I learned from Mrs. Thatcher." One afternoon, coming home from posting a letter to a grandson who never calls, she trips in front of a young man's apartment who comes to her aid. There is something about their meeting where she's says indignantly I'm fine! And he says kindly, no you're not and brings her inside for a moment. There is something very moving about this meeting, as the viewer realizes they could be in either position any time in our lives. Just the right amount of time is spent to let that settle on the surface of consciousness if one is so obliged, but not long enough to force it if you aren't.
She invites him, Ludovic Meyer, played by Rupert Friend who bares a striking resemblance to Orlando Bloom, but what an actor! to visit her one Saturday evening for dinner at the Claremont. but when all the other ladies think she means her grandson, she doesn't quite know how to tell them her grandson still has not called, and thus begins a ruse, but a sweet and kindly ruse.
Okay I lied, Anna Massey doesn't have a monopoly on the funny lines. Everyone is quite brilliant.
The Claremont is a marvelous and quaint hotel in London, but what truly stands out are the personalities. And perhaps in a Harold and Maude sort of way, the two will help each other in astonishing and unexpected ways. In fact the aforementioned film is mentioned at one point.
For the "grandson", he begins writing a novel entitled "We Aren't Allowed To Die Here" concerning a rule Mrs. Palfrey told to him that evening at dinner.
It reminds me of a woman I met in San Diego. She was in her 90s, and the life she lived, the memories of her life, truly a treat to listen to. That kind of walk through history is never so rich and moving and meaningful as when it is from the person themselves. I wish I remembered her name, she was a remarkable woman.
Is it possible when Mrs. Palfrey calls "Major" this is an homage to the famous character from Fawlty Towers played by the very much loved and respected Ballard Berkeley who passed in 1988? We watch as Mrs. Palfrey relives the happiest moments of her life, somewhat vicariously through her new friend Ludovic, as he finds the love of his life through finding the catalyst which brought Mr.s Palfrey and her dead husband Arthur together so long ago, in the film A Brief Encounter by Noel Coward. After watching this film I highly recommend finding a copy of the romantic and beautiful film mentioned by Noel Coward, Brief Encounter (1945), as I am going to watch and review that film next! In the end, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont is not an ending, but a moment in time. A touching and poignant snapshot of a poem laying on a sidewalk. A ripple on the water and then no more. But something lives on, something beautiful, and we should find the time to share that with our own loved ones, friends, and strangers. For life is so short, and we truly are together here in this crazy and lonely mixed up world.
The song "For All We Know", I must confess I already knew how to play on the guitar :) For all we know we may never meet again Before you go make this moment sweet again We wont say good night until the last minute Ill hold out my hand and my heart will be in it For all we know this may only be a dream We come and go like a ripple on a stream So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some Tomorrow may never come for all we know So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some Tomorrow may never come for all we know