Finding Your Feet
Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair in this British rom-com co-starring Timothy Spall.
When ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott (Staunton) discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks refuge with her estranged, bohemian, older sister Bif (Celia Imrie, Bridget Jones's Diary). Sandra couldn’t be more different to her outspoken, serial dating, free spirited sibling. But it turns out different is just what Sandra needs and she reluctantly lets Bif drag her along to her community dance class, where gradually she starts finding her feet... and romance.
- Director:
- Richard Loncraine ('Firewall', 'Wimbledon', 'Richard III')
- Writer:
- Meg LeonardNick Moorcroft
- Cast:
- Imelda StauntonTimothy SpallCelia ImrieDavid HaymanJoanna LumleyJosie LawrenceJohn SessionsIndra Ové
Reviews & comments
A tearjerker and a charmer...
I do love these films, I'm old but not quite as old as those actors but still I love a little British gem full of familiar seasoned actors. Imelda Staunton and Timothy Spall are so perfect in this. I didn't expect to need tissues so that was regrettable but its so life affirming it only added to that feeling. I've seen better but this film still has merit....
Urban Cinefile
pressBitter sweet, with a pedigree English cast, Finding Your Feet may be predictable fare, but it has a heart of solid gold.
The Age
press... is far from the worst of its kind, despite a mediocre script (by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft) that goes for easy laughs and signals every plot development well in advance.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressUnlikely to be hailed by anyone as a future classic. But it's a friendly and comfortable movie, recognisably human at least in spots.
Stuff
pressThat this sometimes paint-by-numbers approach doesn't result in a bland, uninspired facsimile is down to the charisma and chutzpah of its leading lights.
New Zealand Herald
pressCharming, if somewhat predictable, crowd-pleaser about embracing life in your later years.
Urban Cinefile
pressBitter sweet, with a pedigree English cast, Finding Your Feet may be predictable fare, but it has a heart of solid gold.
The Age
press... is far from the worst of its kind, despite a mediocre script (by Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft) that goes for easy laughs and signals every plot development well in advance.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressUnlikely to be hailed by anyone as a future classic. But it's a friendly and comfortable movie, recognisably human at least in spots.
Stuff
pressThat this sometimes paint-by-numbers approach doesn't result in a bland, uninspired facsimile is down to the charisma and chutzpah of its leading lights.
New Zealand Herald
pressCharming, if somewhat predictable, crowd-pleaser about embracing life in your later years.
A tearjerker and a charmer...
I do love these films, I'm old but not quite as old as those actors but still I love a little British gem full of familiar seasoned actors. Imelda Staunton and Timothy Spall are so perfect in this. I didn't expect to need tissues so that was regrettable but its so life affirming it only added to that feeling. I've seen better but this film still has...
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