The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,966 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
99 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis BacalovOriginal Music Composer
- Michael RadfordScreenplay
- Anna PavignanoScreenplay
- Michael RadfordDirector
Cast
- Shirley MacLaineElsa
- Christopher PlummerFred
- Marcia Gay HardenLydia
- Wendell PierceArmande
- Jared GilmanMichael
- Erika AlexanderLaverne
- Chris NothJack
- Scott BakulaRaymond
- George SegalJohn
- Reg RogersAlec
- James BrolinMax
- Deanna RashellLaura
