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How About You By John Mulderig Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) -- "How About You" (Strand) is a gentle and uplifting holiday drama about free-spirited young Irishwoman Ellie (Hayley Atwell) who takes a job at the retirement home run by her sister, Kate (Orla Brady), and changes the lives of its four most cantankerous inhabitants: ex-screen actress Georgia (Vanessa Redgrave), former judge Donald (Joss Ackland), and two quarrelling sisters, Hazel (Imelda Staunton) and Heather (Brenda Fricker). A formidable cast -- including the late Joan O'Hara, who has a moving role as a terminally ill patient and to whom the film is dedicated -- lends panache to a somewhat predictable plot in director Anthony Byrne's adaptation of a short story by Maeve Binchy. There's a benign view of drugs -- Ellie and Kate smoke pot, and on occasion give it to some of the residents -- and some coarse language (several uses of the F-word and S-word) among the generally positive messages about the dignity and enduring potential of the elderly. The film contains drug use, mature themes, some rough and crude language, and a couple of uses of profanity. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III -- adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. - - - Mulderig is on the staff of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. More reviews are available online at www.usccb.org/movies. END Copyright (c) 2008 Catholic News Service/USCCB. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed. CNS · 3211 Fourth St NE · Washington DC 20017 · 202.541.3250 |
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