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ComedyRomance

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

Release Date : 2000-06-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Lucinda FilmsIsle of Man Film Commission

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Julie Andrews

Character Name : Felicity Marshwood

Original Name : Julie Andrews

Gender : Female

Edward Atterton

Character Name : Nigel Marshwood

Original Name : Edward Atterton

Gender : Male

William Baldwin

Character Name : Don Lucas

Original Name : William Baldwin

Gender : Male

Colin Firth

Character Name : Peter Ingleton

Original Name : Colin Firth

Gender : Male

Stephen Fry

Character Name : Frederick Crestwell

Original Name : Stephen Fry

Gender : Male

Sophie Thompson

Character Name : Dora Moxton 'Moxie'

Original Name : Sophie Thompson

Gender : Female

Jeanne Tripplehorn

Character Name : Miranda Frayle / Freda Birch

Original Name : Jeanne Tripplehorn

Gender : Female

Stephanie Beacham

Character Name : Elizabeth

Original Name : Stephanie Beacham

Gender : Female

Charles Edwards

Character Name : Phillip Bateman-Tobias

Original Name : Charles Edwards

Gender : Male

Michael Higgs

Character Name : Film Director

Original Name : Michael Higgs

Gender : Male

David Schaal

Character Name : The Baddie

Original Name : David Schaal

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-19

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.