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A Handful of Dust
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by Hbo Home Video
Sales Rank: 5753
Price: $5.49
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The year is 1932 and Tony and Brenda Last (James Wilby and Kristin Scott Thomas), a devoted and attractive couple with one son, John Andrew, appear to live an idyllic life in the huge Victorian Gothic house which is the symbol of Tony's family pride. One weekend they inadvertently play host to John Beaver (Rupert Graves), an idle young socialite. It is the chance arrival of this penniless scrounger which irrevocably shatters the gentle balance of their lives.
Viewer Reviews
So, I'm a little late. I'm trying to find good British movies. American movies are terrible. This movie is well written, cast, acted, and produced. In short, Tony, the husband is a nut-case (albeit a nice one). Besides Brenda, he is in love with an old, really, really old house. Naturally, Brenda, the wife, gets bored, really bored. She would have to be because she finds her "fun" in another really boring, poor, younger,wimpy mama's boy. Old story told a million times. But from this point on, this story is really different. I enjoyed the twist. It's one that you could never guess. I liked the movie. It's understated as are most British films and I like that. I like their actors. For the most part, they are classically trained and it shows. I give it four stars because the British mumble a lot. That's the bad news. The good news is that you have to keep playing it over and over to figure out what the heck they said.
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