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Ladies in Lavender

2004

Charles Dance

Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone, Miriam Margolyes ...

6.3

2,017

Drama Set in 1936, Ladies in Lavender is the charming and sweetly melancholic story about two ageing spinster sisters (Dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench) whose peaceable Cornwall existence is disrupted when the take a young man into their care... and their hearts.

	Media	Author	Review
		Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune	"As compelling and original as this theme is, it's not enough to keep our attention"
		Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"A wistful little thing about regret, jealousy and love."
		Ty Burr Boston Globe	"Not even the skills of Dames Smith and Judi Dench can make this tea strong enough to swallow."
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"A small study in the dignity of letting go."
		Jennie Punter The Globe and Mail	"Pastel-light but highly pleasurable."
		Rex Reed The New York Observer	"'Ladies in Lavender', carefully written and superbly directed by the actor Charles Dance, is a film of unusual elegance"

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