"Elsa and Fred" is the story of two people who at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love and make dreams come true. Elsa has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of a moment that Fellini had already envisaged: the scene in 'La Dolce Vita' at the Fontana di Trevi. The same scene without Anita Ekberg in it, but with Elsa instead. Without Marcello Mastroianni but with that love that took so long to arrive. Fred has always been a good man who did everythin... (Full plot summary below)
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"Elsa and Fred" is the story of two people who at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love and make dreams come true. Elsa has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of a moment that Fellini had already envisaged: the scene in 'La Dolce Vita' at the Fontana di Trevi. The same scene without Anita Ekberg in it, but with Elsa instead. Without Marcello Mastroianni but with that love that took so long to arrive. Fred has always been a good man who did everything he was supposed to do. After losing his wife, he feels disturbed and confused and his daughter decides that it would be best if he moves into a smaller apartment where he ends meeting Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into his life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live -- be it more or less -- is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases. Fred surrenders to Elsa's frenzy, to her youth, to her boldness, to her beautiful madness. And this is how Fred learns how to live. When he learns about Elsa's terminal illness, he decides to make her dream come true and takes Elsa to Rome to reenact with her the famous scene at the Fontana di Trevi.
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| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatDelightful comedy about how an enthusiastic elder draws her depressed 80-year-old neighbor back into the land of the living. |
| The New York TimesStephen HoldenMs. MacLaine and Mr. Plummer make an especially compatible match, because his understated portrayal of a despairing misanthrope reins in her scenery-chewing exhibitionism. |
| Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyThis occasionally charming November-December romance has elements of a Douglas Sirk woman's weepie... but the movie eventually goes into Woody Allen territory in the best way possible. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohUninspired, airless treatment and flat writing evaporate all the good will of anyone wanting to see a mature senior love story. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonThe esteemed charm of Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer helps to elevate this innocuous but woefully predictable romance. |
| Independent Online (South Africa)Theresa SmithElsa & Fred is a sweet story that reminds you that it is never too late to make your dreams come true. |
| Contactmusic.comRich ClineWhile this geriatric romance is too simplistic and sentimental to be anything remarkable... |
| Radio TimesStella PapamichaelShirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer rise above the patronising cuteness imposed by co-writer/director Michael Radford (Il Postino) in this tale of a late-blossoming love affair. |
| We Got This CoveredJordan AdlerShirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer bring class and depth to subpar material in the septuagenarian romance Elsa & Fred. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedForced, contrived and slow as Christmas, it’s a pleasant enough time-waster, but what a treat to spend just under two hours in the hands of pros. |
