Goodnight, Mister Tom

Goodnight, Mister Tom

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Goodnight, Mister Tom

Annabelle Apsion, Avril Elgar, Denyse Alexander, Geoffrey Beevers, Ivan Berry

A bitter old man is transformed when he takes in a war refugee in this moving Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of Michelle Magorian's World War II novel. When young Willie (Nick Robinson) is evacuated f...( read more  read more... )rom London and sent to live in a small village, grumpy Tom (John Thaw) begrudgingly agrees to harbor the boy. Gradually, Tom manages to coax the distrustful lad from his shell, and when it's time for Willie to return to London, the two realize the depth of their bond.

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  • September 1, 2008
    This movie take place in WWII England. It's about a bitter old man who is forced to take in a child refugee and learns to love again. It is very sad in parts but the end is redeeming.
  • June 2, 2009
    A wonderful, tender and heartwarming movie about a boy who is send away to the countryside to stay with "Mr.Tom" The grumpy old man is reluctant to get close to the boy at first, as he is still in mourning over his wife. Yet, as he lears more about the fate of the boy he understa...( read more)nds that they do have more in common than he first thought.

    The movie is very sad and mellow, but directed without any melodramatic effects and although the plot is quite heavy and tragic, the movie does not feel overloaded but subtle and observant. Furthermore, the movie is set in the beautiful British countryside, which adds both to the theme of singular tragedies and isolation, as well as making the movie very enjoyable to watch. The cast is very good, especially the lead character (John Thaw).

    Brilliant movie
    Henrik
  • September 5, 2008
    I watched this film about a year ago it was about them moving people from London and all the big citys to the country side and I enjoyed it and thought it was a very good film and it was quite funny too.
  • December 9, 2009
    Well I did like this movie although I think that some things could have been better. The child actor wasn't so good, and also I would have liked to see more of Mister Toms life before the boy was forced on him or of the mother of the boy, well besides being sick, brutal and gener...( read more)ally "bad"; or of the boy making new friends in the end maybe? Well anyway, I think the reason I ask for this things is because I liked the movie but it missed the "masterpiece" by some "easy" steps. It is still a very solid movie, with good acting of Thaw and nice directing and story.
  • December 4, 2009
    This is a heart warming and emotional film with brilliant performances and a well writen script. It has me in tears everytime i watch it!
  • July 23, 2009
    i want to watch it!!
  • April 14, 2009
    A very nice movie, saw it in 9th grade, definitely worth watching 8/10
  • April 11, 2009
    i love this movie the book is gr8 and well knwn and the adaptation isnt a disappoointament gr8 performances!
  • January 2, 2009
    The birthday party looks cool :D
  • November 21, 2008
    fantastic movie watched when i was about 10 really sad and good

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