The Chaperone

Name: The Chaperone
Genre: Drama
Released: March 29, 2019
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Bill Hoag, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Elizabeth McGovern, Ellen Toland

2019

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Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) | Release Date: March 29, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Bill Hoag, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Elizabeth McGovern, Ellen Toland, Géza Röhrig, Haley Lu Richardson, Jonathan Walker, Kate Grimes, Matt McGrath, McLean Peterson, Miranda Otto, Nancy Ellen Shore, Robert Fairchild, Stan Demidoff, Victoria Hill

Summary: In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.

Director: Michael Engler

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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Rex Reed

Mar 29, 2019

Reviews might be “mixed,” but don’t let that deter you. The Chaperone is a fascinating, exquisitely made film about the early life of sultry silent-screen star Louise Brooks, who traveled from Wichita, Kan., in 1922 to New York City with a proper chaperone named Norma Carlisle. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Apr 9, 2019

In The Chaperone, Brooks is something of a fixed entity, a fully-formed force of nature already heading toward her peculiar form of glory. She has stuff to do all day — studying by day and partying by night, while Elizabeth McGovern as Norma has time to look inside. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

Mar 29, 2019

With these two top-drawer talents anchoring Michael Engler’s The Chaperone, one expects the picture to be terrific, and for the majority of its running time, it does not disappoint. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Apr 2, 2019

If ever there was a production that embodies all the negative Masterpiece Theater qualities, this is it. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Apr 10, 2019

Despite the best efforts of McGovern et al., The Chaperone is lightweight trifle. Read full review

Pat Padua

Apr 9, 2019

Yet despite the stirring performance at its heart, the movie is ultimately too restricted by its own dramatic conventions, and it only seldom comes to life. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 28, 2019

Despite a thoroughly modern central character, this impeccably costumed, wishy-washy period piece feels like it emerged from a PBS storage trunk, wrapped in tissue paper and reeking of mothballs. Read full review

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