This British/American flick never quite gets as good as I hoped it would.
Kevin Kline is great as Mathias, an American who travels to Paris to claim an apartment he has inherited from his deceased father. He arrives to find it occupied by Mathilde (Maggie Smith) and her daughter Chloe (Kristin Scott Thomas) under an unusual arrangement where Mathilde can stay living there until she dies regardless of who owns it.
A predictable ending does eventuate though only after a surprising diversion to throw you off the scent.
On Metacritic (a website that generates an average of all reviews of a film) it's sitting at 2.5 out of 5 which is exactly right for this I reckon. It's not bad but it's not great, it's just in the middle. Maggie Smith delivers a great performance as always but it's not enough to carry this into stronger territory.
Here's a 2.5 star review from the New York Times and a trailer if you want to know more.
Opens Thursday 13 November and runs for 107 minutes.