Pros: superior acting by Dench and Smith Cons: none for me The Bottom Line: "You're once, twice Three times a lady" ~Richie I absolutely loved the joining of Judi Dench and Maggie Smith in Ladies in Lavender. It was adapted by Charles Dance from a book written by William J. Locke. Dance also directed the piece. It was nominated for two awards and has a PG-13 rating for brief strong … more
It is 1936 in the village of Cornwall, and elderly sisters Ursula (Judi Dench) and Janet (Maggie Smith) are living a well-ordered and dull life. A violent storm washes a young man (Daniel Bruhl) ashore; the sisters take him in and nurse him back to health. Ursula, the more emotional of the two, is drawn to him immediately and soon has romantic fantasies about him. Janet, the older, no-nonsense sister, is initially less involved, but slowly she, too, comes to see the young man as "hers." His talent … more