The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Île de Ré, former Hollywood siren Helen escapes her London retirement home with help of repressed English housewife Priscilla and they hit the road together in a race to get to the funeral on time.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Metacritic34/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Roger GoldbyDirector
- Roger GoldbyWriter
- Stephen WarbeckOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joan CollinsHelen
- Pauline CollinsPriscilla
- Franco NeroAlberto
- Ronald PickupFrank
- Sian ReevesSarah
- Joely RichardsonLucy
- Allene QuincyIleana
- Richard SymsReg
- Martin ArrowsmithCarer
- Wayne CaterCoach Driver
- Tom MulheronEric
- Matilda ShaplandEleanor
Stills
Themes
road tripelderly