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6.1/10 • 33

2000-06-231h 27m

ComedyRomance

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felicity, and Miranda's former love fellow Hollywood star Don. Right before the engagement party at Marshwood, Moxie, the Countess's personal maid and best friend, reveals that Miranda is her estranged sister. Crestwell, the Countess's butler, devises a plan - but an inebriated Don's arrival at Marshwood to talk to Miranda causes all chaos to break loose.

Directors
Eric Styles
Writters
Paul Rattigan
Editors
Paul Rattigan, Caroline Limmer

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  1. Julie Andrews

    Julie Andrews

    Felicity Marshwood

  2. Edward Atterton

    Edward Atterton

    Nigel Marshwood

  3. William Baldwin

    William Baldwin

    Don Lucas

  4. Colin Firth

    Colin Firth

    Peter Ingleton

  5. Stephen Fry

    Stephen Fry

    Frederick Crestwell

  6. Sophie Thompson

    Sophie Thompson

    Dora Moxton 'Moxie'

  7. Jeanne Tripplehorn

    Jeanne Tripplehorn

    Miranda Frayle / Freda Birch

  8. Stephanie Beacham

    Stephanie Beacham

    Elizabeth

  9. Charles Edwards

    Charles Edwards

    Phillip Bateman-Tobias

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CinemaSerf

Nov 19, 2022

6/10

This probably isn't one of Noël Coward's better plays for me, but Eric Styles has managed to assemble a solid cast to make this adaptation just about watchable. Edward Atterton (Lord Marshwood) has fallen for Hollywood star "Miranda" (Jeanne Tripplehorn) who is, in turn, on the rebound from a relationship with her on-screen partner "Lucas" (William Baldwin). After their whirlwind romance on the Côte d'Azur they plan to return to his stately pile where his dowager countess mother "Felicity" (Dame Julie Andrews) is waiting to greet them. Now this woman is rather shrewd and egged on by her mischievous nephew "Peter" (Colin Firth) decides to let matters take their course... That plan is rather spiked by a surprise announcement from her long-term confidante "Moxie" (Sophie Thompson) that, coupled with the pursuing "Lucas", creates the template for quite an engaging, if one-dimensional, theatrical farce. Nobody is really challenged here, the plot delivers competent efforts from both cast and screenplay along lines that don't really provide much humour or originality, and that concludes very much as you might expect. It's well photographed (though not very well edited) and Dame Julie brings that certain star quality that we seldom see nowadays. I would probably have left this to the stage where I expect it would have worked better - on the silver screen it falls a bit flat.

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