Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Reviews

You know from the first 3 minutes this is going to be a slow paced movie. It's the sweet story or an older lady who's moved to London to not be a bother to her daughter, and the friendship she strikes up with a good looking, commitment-phobic, jobless writer. Joan Plowright hit just the right note for this older woman. She could have easily been to harsh, or too sweet. But instead she's more complicated, and even a bit unreadable. The other characters who live at the Claremont or a bit stereotypical, but enjoyable. This movie is totally unoriginal, but I found the people pleasant to get to know for a few hours.

I had never heard of this movie, which I took home from work, seeing that it was classified as a comedy. Watching it, I discovered that it was barely a comedy, and was kind of painful to watch. There is no character development through the movie, and it just plods along until the very predictable end. Not great, definitely a waste of time to watch.