Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

Jack and I liked a lot this light story of a widowed British cleaning lady who follows her obsession with a Dior dress to the City of Lights. Lesley Manville is adorable (and Golden Globe-nominated) as the sweet but determined title character, Isabelle Huppert is always reliable, this time as the inflexible director, and handsome Lucas Bravo gives a warm interpretation of the company's accountant.

Director/screenwriter Anthony Fabian adapted the screenplay from Paul Gallico's 1958 novel Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris along with co-writers Carroll Cartwright, Keith Thompson, and Olivia Hetreed.

Rael Jones' lilting soundtrack is available on Apple Music.

Costume designer Jenny Beavan won awards from British Independent Film Awards and Online Association of Female Film Critics and was nominated for an Oscar, BAFTA (British equivalent of the Oscars), and her peers in the Costume Designers Guild, among other honors.

The movie was shot during COVID lockdown but release was delayed due to uncertainty of open theatres.

Manville was last blogged for Phantom Thread (ironically as the cold director of an English couture house), Huppert for Elle, Bravo for Ticket to Paradise, Fabian for his debut Skin, Cartwright for What Maisie Knew, Thompson for The Sapphires, and Beavan for Cruella, which earned her her third Oscar win (she had eight other nominations, not including this one). Hetreed shared a couple of nominations for this one and was nominated for a BAFTA for adapting the screenplay of The Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). 

Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are in Louvre (sorry!) with this movie, averaging 94 and 93%. We streamed it on March 7 (it was on my radar since it first opened theatrically last fall) with our Peacock subscription. It's also available with a subscription to Prime and can be rented or bought on Apple TV or Vudu (whatever that is?).