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Clasificado ‏ : ‎ Desconocido
Formato multimedia ‏ : ‎ Importación
Estudio ‏ : ‎ Carlton
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00004CY1T
Número de discos ‏ : ‎ 1

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Rather Excellent Made for TV Drama

Revisado en Reino Unido el 10 de febrero de 2019

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This is a rather excellent made for TV drama following the relationship of two elderly widowers who become unlikely house mates after the deaths of their wives. The cast reuniting Albert Finney with Tom Courtenay and also featuring the lovely Joanna Lumley in a substantial supporting role is excellent and their performances alone make the film worth watching. Anybody stumbling across it because of the involvement of Rosamund Pike (who does make her screen debut in this) will likely be disappointed. Her appearance doesn't amount to more than a couple of very short cameos and line or two of spoken dialogue.

Albert Finney delivers a very enjoyable performance as the pompous ex-RAF officer Reggie Conyngham-Jervis (left in unexpectedly strained circumstances after the death of his wife) who suggests his new house mate call him Squadron Leader while he intends to call the other man, a retired milkman and fellow WW2 veteran, merely by his last name, Southgate. Tom Courtenay is the well adjusted and kindly Roy Southgate, and he is equally excellent. It's a joy to see these two veterans of British stage and screen working together. When Southgate moves into his large house, Conyngham-Jervis is condescending and treats him like a servant. As more is revealed about both their pasts and families, their relationship develops in a perhaps predictable yet very engaging way.

The ever enjoyable Joanna Lumley plays a glamourous lady of a certain age who befriends Conyngham-Jervis. Just like him, she is not all she seems. While he is genuinely smitten with her, she is looking for financial security. Several tragic events show everybody in their true colour.

The film is actually much more entertaining and enjoyable (with a mild feelgood factor) than I expected given the subject matter. It's a quiet drama with well developed characters and outstanding performances from the two leads and Lumley. Highly recommended if this kind of drama appeals to you.

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Mr. R. D. M. Kirby

A British television Movie at its best

Revisado en Reino Unido el 30 de diciembre de 2013

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Tom Courtenay plays the part of widower Roy Southgate - but no-one, in this beautifully crafted TV movie calls him 'Roy; it's always just `Southgate'. This dismissive way of referring to him is engineered by the splendidly lecherous, pompous - and very out of date - Squadron Leader Reggie Conyngham-Jervis, also a widower - impressively portrayed by Albert Finney, when Southgate moves into Conyngham-Jervis' house, to assist with the domestic chores; and is promptly treated as a batman, servant, lackey.

Joanna Lumley takes a terrific part as Liz Franks, the owner of a failing boutique and now, frankly, a gold digger, who inaccurately sees `Reggie Darling' as the way to solve all of her financial problems.

And all this is beautifully acted, with Courtenay, almost submissive to Finney's dictates to start with, but also displaying a will of steel when pushed and at the same time imbuing his character with considerable compassion. Albert Finney's character is initially almost unbearable in its pomposity who, through illness is reduced to a rather pathetic being, now totally dependent on `Southgate'.

I first saw this, years ago, on television and waited patiently for it to be repeated; when it wasn't, I threw in the towel and purchased the DVD. You should, as well; you won't be disappointed.

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Vince Marinelli

A hard to get Gem

Revisado en Canadá el 27 de mayo de 2015

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This is a TV play from the UK from the late 90s. Good luck getting your hands on it in dvd. Costs the earth. I bought it on VHS for a song. It's very much worth watching if you can get it. The screenplay is an Andrew Davies adaptation. Davies is astonishing.

This is a very good movie. Albert Finney is wonderful in it; Tom Courtenay is good, too, but his role is less demanding.

It's a play about love and marriage and growing old and friendship. Finney plays a somewhat repellent World War II Battle of Britain fighter pilot who's grown old and been widowed. Courtenay, whose wife has also died, is a retired milkman. It's an Odd Couple situation. On the one hand, it's not a funny as The Odd Couple. On the other, it's not so superficial either. The Character Finney plays is, in many ways, a complete stinker. But it's hard not to value him by the end, warts and all.

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Dr René Codoni

Tr'es anglais

Revisado en Reino Unido el 6 de julio de 2012

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The book's plot concerns two retired men who are thrown together following the deaths of their wives in the same hospital. Both have served in the armed forces, one, Reggie, being a former officer, the other, Roy, an ex-NCO.

The perceived class differences lead to Roy moving in with Reggie and being treated as an unpaid servant. The sympathies are with Roy as he remains humble and faithful to his purpose until Reggie becomes too domineering.

It stars Tom Courtenay as Roy and Albert Finney as Reggie, and stays close to the plot of the book until the ending, when the two old men end up staying together. The adaptation also stars a still remarkable Joanna Lumley as Liz.
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20 A rather English marriage'' by Paul Seed (BBC, 1998, 99') make up 6/7/2012

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Kathleen Nelson

A great,great movie!

Revisado en los Estados Unidos el 21 de marzo de 2016

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I fancy that I am a good "critic" of what constitutes a really good movie. Movies -- good movies -- being one of my favorite pastimes for many, many years. I love this movie. I have been a fan of English actor Tom Stoppard for years, but in this movie I have a difficult time saying which one of the two English actors I most enjoyed, Stoppard or Albert Finney. Their performances were stellar. I have looked at the movie three times since receiving it!

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