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- 2014
- PG-13
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 47 m
- 2014
- PG-13
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 47 m
Summary A down-and-out New Yorker inherits an apartment in Paris from his estranged father and is stunned to find a refined old lady living there with her protective daughter. [Cohen Media Group]
Written By: Israel Horovitz
- 2014
- PG-13
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 47 m
- 2014
- PG-13
- Cohen Media Group
- 1 h 47 m
My Old Lady
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6.8
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Summary A down-and-out New Yorker inherits an apartment in Paris from his estranged father and is stunned to find a refined old lady living there with her protective daughter. [Cohen Media Group]
Written By: Israel Horovitz
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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42% Positive
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8 Reviews
53% Mixed
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10 Reviews
5% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
52
42% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
53% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The film begins with upbeat music and what appears to be a comedy-of-errors setup, but it becomes so much more, bringing us through dark territory with wit, anger and grace, becoming in the end a much fuller tale for it.
My Old Lady is pretty compelling viewing, mostly thanks to Kline, who gives a career-high performance here.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
6.8
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31% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
6.8
62% Positive
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31% Mixed
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A wonderful movie for grown-ups. The small gem treats some big issues without ever becoming loud or maudlin. We come to learn that Kline has inherited more from one parent or the other than the Paris apartment he goes to sell. The more is pretty deep stuff, deftly handled by superb writing and acting.
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What a wonderful character-driven story as they peel away their outer shells to reveal their pains and sorrows. Great acting, which is no surprise being that the primary actors are oscar winners or oscar nominated. Could have been a sad story, but kindness between strangers makes it a triumphant story.
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It’s like a Parisian variation on Nicole Holofcener’s “Please Give,” or the premise of another PBS Masterpiece Theater series with Smith.
My Old Lady isn’t the tart slice of dessert that its initial scenes suggest it might be. In fact, it only becomes truly compelling in its second half, as Horovitz drives toward darker material and farther away from the light.
Though Horovitz's directing is workmanlike solid, and while the movie has a certain charm that makes it easy to walk in the door, it gives you little reason to stay.
It’s a pity party to which you’d like to RSVP an unequivocal “no.”
Israel Horovitz's film is basically a three-character play without a single character you can believe in.
This is much more than a comedy, which the trailer tries to make out it is. The first section of the film is indeed funny, though as the film progresses the humour becomes darker as we take a trip into the human psyche. What Izrael Horovitz gives the audience is a brilliant insight into family and how well do you really know them? He also gives you the moral of, whatever you do in life it has a consequence and it may not be a good one. Even though the film gets a little darker, it does only slip into a bittersweet melancholy and doesn't go so dark that people will turn off and the director does the change so subtly, within the story, you barely notice the change; it's so natural. I really liked this film. Well worth a watch.
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Boo hoo, my daddy/mummy didn't love me and messed up my life!
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Boring self-indulgent psychobabble-drama. Take all the worst excesses of Woody Allen and Richard Curtis and you get a Frankenstein monster called Israel Horovitz.
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Production Company
Katsize Films,
BBC Film,
Cohen Media Group,
Deux Chevaux Films,
FullDawa Films,
Krasnoff / Foster Entertainment,
Le Premier Productions,
Specialty Films (II)
Release Date Sep 10, 2014
Duration 1 h 47 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline He's in the will. She's in the way.
Website
http://souzokunin-movie.com/
Awards
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations