By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Toa Fraser
Starring: Bryan Brown | Jeremy Northam | Judy Parfitt | Peter O'Toole | Sam Neill
Country: new_zealand, united_kingdom
Year: 2008
Running time: 100
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135968/
Beth Curran says: “This charmer of a film showcases the sublime skills of Jeremy Northam, Peter O’Toole and Sam Neill. Set in 1900s England, a man (Northam) decides to liven up his regular Thursday visits to his eccentric set in stone father (O’Toole) with a trip to a lecture on the transmigration of souls. There they meet Dean Spanley (Neill), another odd sort of fellow with a taste for Tokay. Later the man meets the Dean again, and realizes that when in his cups, Dean Spanley gets rather – doggish. Intrigued beyond his better judgment, the man invites the Dean over for dinner, and Thursdays will never be the same again. This was an unexpected treat to start the day, the script just sparkles with fantastic lines – the Edwardian farce is going along
at a splendid clip, and then all of the sudden, it turns on a dime and good lord I was caught out Kleenex-less, no fair! Peter O’Toole is simply fantastic. 4 cats”