Rotten
It's too twee and theatrical to take seriously.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
My Old Lady
He's in the will. She's in the way.
2014 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Israel Horovitz
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My Old Lady
Overview
Mathias Gold is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile, he's shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. His apartment is a viager—an ancient French real estate system with complex rules pertaining to its resale—and the feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard, who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé for many years, can by contract collect monthly payments from Mathias until her death.
Director and cast
- Israel Horovitz Director
- Maggie Smith as Mathilde Girard
- Kevin Kline as Mathias Gold
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Chloé Girard
- Dominique Pinon as Monsieur Lefebvre
- Michael Burstin as Rabbi on Bicycle
- Elie Wajeman as Man at Gate
- Noémie Lvovsky as Dr. Florence Horowitz
- Stéphane De Groodt as Phillippe
- Stéphane Freiss as François Roy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Rotten
My Old Lady feels as stubbornly stuck in that expansive and underlit apartment as Madame Girard herself, and you may find yourself bolting for a lungful of relief.
Geoff Pevere, Globe and Mail
Rotten
One minute we're chuckling along with a broadly comic setup; the next, characters are talking about suicide.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Rotten
There's a potentially compelling movie here about the price that children pay-over entire lifetimes-for their parents' selfish indulgences, but it winds up smothered in feel-good cuteness.
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
Fresh
Kline's character is an alcoholic and not exactly lovable, but we come to empathize. Smith, the grande dame of British theater and film, is wickedly wry and quick.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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