
Boy meets Girl in Egypt. Girl is profoundly affected and returns to England where she apathetically becomes engaged to the 'boy' next door. A thoroughly unsuited couple. Lili, an old family friend arrives for the nuptials and enchants all and sundry, including the wife of one of her previous liaisons. Lili sees what the groom and the brides mother refuse to see and manages to resolve the situation to the brides great satisfaction.... (Full plot summary below)
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Boy meets Girl in Egypt. Girl is profoundly affected and returns to England where she apathetically becomes engaged to the 'boy' next door. A thoroughly unsuited couple. Lili, an old family friend arrives for the nuptials and enchants all and sundry, including the wife of one of her previous liaisons. Lili sees what the groom and the brides mother refuse to see and manages to resolve the situation to the brides great satisfaction.
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| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumJoan Plowright and Jeanne Moreau turn this slight BBC production into a jolly lesson about how two great old theatrical broads can liven up an arty domestic drama. |
| Hartford CourantMalcolm JohnsonAlthough this odd comedy-mystery is never entirely successful, the eternally glamorous, fearlessly ridiculous Moreau takes full advantage of her role to demonstrate that she remains one of the great stars of international cinema. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertJeanne Moreau has been a treasure of the movies for 35 years, often playing roles something like this one. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyChain-smoking, guzzling booze and spouting worldly epigrams about love and life, Moreau fits into Croydon like a peacock in Antarctica, sashaying around and imposing her seductive will on everyone. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumApart from offering a juicy star turn to Moreau, the movie has a lot of mordantly funny things to say about the conventionality of suburban English life, and all the actors shine. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsScott RenshawFull of quotable one-liners, spirited performances and good intentions. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJeanne Moreau. Jeanne Moreau. Jeanne Moreau. She is the soul of this movie and its raison d'être. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatStars Jeanne Moreau as a Zorba-the-Greek-like soul whose zest for life changes all those who come into contact with her. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyMoreau, with her acid tongue and her flaming hair, devours this droll British comedy as if it were chaparral and she a raging California brush fire. |
| User ReviewLaura ROne of the most eccentric movies I have ever seen. It had the most bizarre ending. |