The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 85% of the 1,428 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly falls out with the locals while also falling in with the son of the community's leader
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
21 audience votes
Key crew
- John IrvinDirector
- Hugh LeonardScreenplay
- Carl DavisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mia FarrowKatherine O'Hare / Clancy
- Joan PlowrightMrs. Doyle-Counihan
- Natasha RichardsonEdwina Broome
- Adrian DunbarGodfrey Doyle-Counihan
- Jim BroadbentCon Clancy
- Anne KentMiss Grubb
- John KavanaghCanon Murtagh
- Gerard McSorleyGaffney
- Michael CaseyPianist
Stills
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Themes
wealthy widow1920stown gossip