Synopsis
In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece enjoys romantic frolics with a soldier and a hidden guerrilla fighter. All of the principals are thrown into turmoil when one more guest arrives with considerable wit and unwanted advice.
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Cast
- Michael GambonSir Richard Naylor
- Maggie SmithLady Myra Naylor
- Keeley HawesLois Farquar
- David TennantCaptain Gerald Colthurst
- Fiona ShawMarda Norton
- Richard RoxburghCaptain Daventry
- Lambert WilsonHugo Montmorency
- Jane BirkinFrancie Montmorency
- Emily NagleLivvy Connolly
- Jonathan SlingerLaurence Carstairs
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Tribune
One of those rare movies that manages to maintain the hushed intensity and claustrophobic anxiety that is normally associated with theater or prose. - 80
Film.com
A Melancholy Delight. Its pacing will undoubtedly seem too deliberate to some, but I found first-time director Deborah Warner's The Last September a delight from beginning to end. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The movie doesn't have much more get-up-and-go than the characters, but solid performances and richly textured camera work keep it involving most of the way through. - 75
Miami Herald
Sad confusions and emotional disconnections are what the story is all about. - 70
Village Voice
The film's pathos lies not with people who have justice on their side, but with those who don't know where they belong. - 70
Chicago Reader
This gorgeous expressionist drama makes the comparisons so effectively at the outset that by the end they seem belabored. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
I'm not sure the movie should have pumped up the melodrama to get us more interested, but something might have helped. - 50
New York Daily News
Saga too arty for own good.