Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Manville is perfect in the title role and the film, though fanciful, is very easy to take.

It's a familiar formula but that's part of the charm.

The film’s designers spent a lot of time exploring the Dior archives and it shows. It’s Mrs Harris’s story, but it’s also a fond tribute to a world that has changed beyond recognition.

What’s so lovely is that Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris is a celebration of beauty and the importance of cherishing those special things in life that may seem silly to others but make us feel most like ourselves.

It’s unabashed froth, as substantial as a tulle skirt. And perhaps that’s exactly what we need right now.

... Against this backdrop of exploitation, decay and corruption, we’re asked to cheer for a brainwashed blue-collar cleaner who’s about to blow half a grand on a posh frock? The genius of the film, of course, is that we do.

In the midst of high voltage blockbusters, your summer escape is here.

Mrs. Harris’ unrestrained enthusiasm for life rubs off on everyone she meets and, if they let it, that magic will rub off on the audience too.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, starring Lesley Manville, dazzles from start to finish while brimming with unparalleled hope.

MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS is thus a film that proves to be both a welcome distraction when judged at face value and a massive disappointment when judged against the potential of what it could have been.