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- 2022
- PG
- Focus Features
- 1 h 55 m
- 2022
- PG
- Focus Features
- 1 h 55 m
Summary A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.
Directed By: Anthony Fabian
- 2022
- PG
- Focus Features
- 1 h 55 m
- 2022
- PG
- Focus Features
- 1 h 55 m
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
70
6.5
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Summary A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.
Directed By: Anthony Fabian
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
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19% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
70
81% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
19% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Nothing wrong with a movie in today’s troubled winter of discontent that exists solely for the purpose of creating joy and good will, and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris spreads them around like butter.
It may sound dismissive to call a film ‘nice’, but that’s exactly what this is. It’s beautifully produced, entirely uncynical niceness. If you’re after just a lovely time, come on in and put your feet up.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 User Ratings
6.5
59% Positive
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
32% Mixed
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12 Ratings
8% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 User Ratings
6.5
59% Positive
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
32% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
8% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
An utterly charming movie. The type of heartwarming movie that the UK does well. Full of the feelgood factor. An amazing performance from the cast. Leslie Manville plays the most endearing Mrs Harris. If you want a film to brighten up your evening, this is a must see.
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There is nothing more inspiring and uplifting than an unflinching optimist. The story of a widow who follows her dream of buying an exclusive dress exudes sympathy and grace until the last minute, especially for the cast. An excellent option without many pretensions.
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Directed by Anthony Fabian and written by Fabian, Carroll Cartwright, Leigh Thompson and Olivia Hetreed, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris masterfully achieves every note essential in a captivating underdog story.
In the tradition of Britain’s class comedies, what makes Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris comes down to the difference between, say, your average fashion designer and someone like Dior: with a pattern, anyone can make clothes—but in Manville’s hands, she stitches together something magical.
“Mrs. Harris” goes down like a sugary amuse-bouche of entertainment — it won’t make a lasting impression but it’s the perfect thing for the moment.
It’s unabashed froth, as substantial as a tulle skirt. And perhaps that’s exactly what we need right now.
This world of entirely nice people seems like a trite fantasy — trite because the movie never makes you believe it. But it does makes you want to believe it, and so, like a lot of these movies, it takes you halfway there.
Lesley Manville plays a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London, who saves up to travel to the House of Dior to buy her own gown. Manville keeps a smiling, upbeat attitude, encountering absurdly friendly events that make her trip so incredible. There's a nod to strife, but overall this is a sweet tale from the optimistic mindset of the period. Of note is the fashion show that features 5 beautiful Dior originals and numerous others in the designer's style. People who are looking for a relentlessly amiable escape may enjoy this lite little trifle.
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(Mauro Lanari)
I haven't understood why Mrs. Harris' social redemption would coincide with the dream of havin' a haute couture garment, when then the ending would seem to disavow it: at the ball Archie falls in love with her and I believe regardless of Dior dress. A feel-good movie incomprehensible in its dynamic: elderly Cinderella, Mary Poppins, Capra's almost identical title "Mr Smith Goes To Washington" have a clear, precise and defined purpose, while this case looks more like the adult fable of an "Amélie" who makes naïve superficiality and obtuse optimism her survival strategy, going so far as to overturn Sartre and the existential crisis on an occasion so that a shy couple find the courage to talk to each other and kiss.
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A shallow, mawkish film with paper thin characters that inhabit a disturbingly diverse 1957 London & Paris. I'd hoped this may have been similar to the charming Shirley Valentine (1989) but alas, this is an empty, flaccid reminder of how good British films used to be - 2 stars
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Production Company
Moonriver,
Superbe Films,
Hero Squared,
Elysian Films,
Hungarian National Film Fund,
Umedia,
Entertainment One
Release Date Jul 15, 2022
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating PG
Tagline Follow your dream
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
