yeh, it's kinda alright. it aint boring anyway. one of those feel good features. dench and smith are well... seasoned actresses and it's really needless to say how great they are... as they're sure to be in anything at all. the most engaging character was the fat old maid played ...( read more)
Clive Russell, Daniel Br?hl, Daniel Brühl
Two aging spinster sisters have their peaceable Cornwall existence disrupted in 1936 when they take a young Polish violinist into their care. After a particularly violent storm, Ursula and Janet Widin...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 6, 2005
Stats: 475 reviews
Flixster Reviews (475)
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September 15, 2008
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January 29, 2008
An absolute delight from start to finish. Charming, elegant and engrossing. Careful and smartly written and superbly directed by the actor Charles Dance and filled with wonderful music and magnificent, subtle acting. The joy of watching Judy Dench and Maggie Smith, one of cinema'...( read more)
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November 18, 2007
Two grand old English ladies find a Polish kid washed up on their beach. They nurse Andrea back to life, and find out he is an accomplished violinist. I enjoy this sort of movie where the characters have to make difficult decisions.
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April 27, 2006
Lavender Ladies Lose Their Way. A Charming heart warming film. Highlights the best English Cinema has to offer. Aesthetically pleasing without much content. Although the story is good and told beautifully it lacks a message or moral to make the movie complete.
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November 22, 2009
Ladies In Lavender is a very touching movie starring the talents of Dame Maggie Smith and Judi Dench as sisters Janet and Ursula who discover the body of a young man on the shore. They soon nurse him back to health and Ursula finds herself falling in love with Andrea, the handsom...( read more)
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November 7, 2009
what to write somebody here ? the story is simple ....Two old ladies who live in Cornwall , find and take home , a young Polish violinist ...they teach English to them ...all these in 1936 ...
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October 6, 2009
Very nice movie...i don't ususally watch that kind of movies...Maggie and Judi play the sister where it happen to found and take care of an soldier from germany during the war..its funny to see them struggle to gain the attention of the young man..
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October 1, 2009
La historia de dos señoras mayores que acogen a un joven náufrago, hasta ese momento desconocido, pero que luego les roba el corazón. Muy buenas actuaciones.
Critic Reviews
Dance has had the great good fortune to cast two legendary British actresses, and thus Ladies in Lavender gets elevated to the rare-treat category. full review
Not even the skills of Dames Smith and Judi Dench can make this tea strong enough to swallow. full review
Ladies in Lavender assembles those two great Dames, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and sends them off to play sisters sharing a cozy little cottage on the Cornwall coast. That is an inspiration. What th... full review
It's a conventional picture, but it feels so deeply alive that it's practically a novelty. full review
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