Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 7 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Remains one of those classics that makes you thankful you haven't seen them all.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
9 Jun 2006
fresh:
An indelible portrait of childhood's confusions, disillusionments and inevitable lost innocence.
– Eleanor Ringel Gillespie,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
15 Jun 2006
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It's a masterful and unsentimental child's-eye view of the cold, hard adult world.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jun 2006
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As a portrait of the sometime destructiveness of innocence and as a sharp fresco of post-war Britain, this movie is a little masterpiece, an idol that has never fallen.