Almost Strangers
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Movie Reviews of Almost Strangers
Movie Review: almost strangers - loved it
Summary: 5 Stars
fantastic, sucked right in, great story telling my matty mc, great cast, just loved it, would watch it over and over.Movie Review: Loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Matthew Macfadyen played his role beautifully as Daniel. Truly a good film to watch.Movie Review: High-class soap . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
This 3-part production from the BBC is chiefly for fans of high-class soap. While intended to be full of ironies about the dubious pride we take in being related to notable people (especially when they're glamorous, upper class, and wealthy), the central story line is a series of revelations - all of them family secrets - that turn out to be more mysteriously promising in their expectation than they are in fact.
The performances make it all watchable. Michael Gambon is in top form as a curmudgeonly black sheep of the family (with comparisons early on to his cranky and embittered Singing Detective) and Lindsay Duncan as a beautiful, eternally sad woman of certain years who carries an unspoken grief with unfailing dignity. Together, they make a compelling contrast, and you wish the story had more to do with their relationship. Alas, it follows the adventures of his twenty-something son (Matthew Macfadyen), who takes a shine to two upper-crust cousins, while bedding one of them and finally meddling in family affairs that are beyond his simple wish to have age-old animosities resolved.
Writer-director Stephen Poliakoff provides a commentary for the film, revealing the experiences from his own life used as source material for the dramatic situations and characters he has created, plus observations on the film's production, locations used (like Claridge's) and other off-camera matters. A short featurette includes additional comments by Poliakoff and a few members of the cast.
Movie Review: FAMILY SECRETS
Summary: 4 Stars
"Almost Strangers" is a very riveting BBC mini-series about a very dysfunctional and wealthy family (aren't they all?) gathering (for some weird reason) for a "family reunion". Of course as is typical with those kinds of affairs, a lot of so called "dirty laundry" falls out of the closet--both literally and figuratively . Most of which really isn't as bad as it is imagined to be. As per normal there is always a "do good" family member that attempts "to put things right". In this case it is a son of the so-called "black sheep" of the family as is so well played by Michael Gambon who gives a great performance indeed of a very strange person with his share of "demons". His son played by Matthew Macfadyen is the "do good" family member that attempts to reconcile members that feel they (and a dead sibling) have been done wrong by a previously adored aunt that is now scorned by them. Needless to say he fails miserably. However, this attempt at making the aforesaid parties like each other again is the main focus of the story with the audience getting a peak at the family's history along with its "dirty little secrets".
This miniseries is very well acted and directed. If you love, as I do, a good "soapy" story about a rich family with secrets, you can't get any better than this presentation.
Movie Review: Happy to own it!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this because I am a huge fan of Matthew Macfadyen and Toby Stephens. Was not disappointed! For certain this film is thought provoking and each character's story adds a little scrap to make this a beautiful family quilt. This reunion story is pure and honest -- and the actors are entirely believable. I didn't give it 5 stars only because it is a bit slow in parts. But because the story is so good, I can forgive that and declare that I am happy to own it!