67%User score 67 percent
Beaches
1988 · Comedy · Drama
User Score
45 votes
One Chance Meeting, Two Changed Lives
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.
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CinemaSerf
April 29, 2024
This reminded me a little of "Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War" (2002) as it depicts the determination of an older person not to just let their toes curl up whilst waiting for God. The recently widowed eponymous lady (Dame Joan Plowright) arrives at the residential "Claremont" hotel and is introduced to quite an eclectic clientele who are all in a similar boat. She's is walking back from the post office when she takes a t…
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