Movie Review

How About You (2008)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Nov 19, 2008

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

C+

Details Limited Release: Nov 14, 2008; Rated: Unrated; Length: 90 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Hayley Atwell

What a drag: Vanessa Redgrave stars in How About You

In How About You a restless, dissatisfied young lady (The Duchess' Atwell) gains perspective on life by working as a housekeeper among restless, dissatisfied older ladies at a genteel retirement residence that appears to be an English outpost of a Hollywood home for the aged. (Shortcut to happiness: sharing martinis, reefers, and singalongs with the oldies.) As the reigning inhabitant, Redgrave adopts the swanning gestures of Maggie Smith in this mild adaptation of a Maeve Binchy story. Other drama queens enjoying the opportunity to screech include Imelda Staunton, Brenda Fricker, and Joss Ackland as the lone growling man about the house. C+

Originally posted Nov 12, 2008 Published in issue #1021-1022 Nov 21, 2008 Order article reprints

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