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  • Summary: An elderly couple reside over a country estate in 1920s Ireland. They have living with them a niece, a nephew and a couple who are homeless and trying to hide this fact. All of these individuals are thrown into turmoil when one more guest arrives.
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  1. Positive: 17 out of 23
  2. Negative: 1 out of 23
  1. Undeniable asset of an A list cast.
  2. 80
    A Melancholy Delight. Its pacing will undoubtedly seem too deliberate to some, but I found first-time director Deborah Warner's The Last September a delight from beginning to end.
  3. 50
    I'm not sure the movie should have pumped up the melodrama to get us more interested, but something might have helped.
  4. Not even the rich and nuanced performances of stage veterans Smith, Gambon, and Birkin can save this British period drama from languishing amid the story's unfocused longings and unrealistic musings.

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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 1 out of 1