Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
PG

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Follow your dream.

2022 • 116 min • Drama · Comedy · History

Synopsis

A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly.

Our family guide

Best from age 8
87
Movie Knight Score
522 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
  • 73 Audience · 520 · 49%

An endearing 1950s London cleaning lady dreams of owning a luxurious Dior dress. She embarks on a whimsical journey to Paris, where her down-to-earth charm brings unexpected changes to the haute couture world.

Violence & peril
1/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
2/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
0/10

Heads up

  • Brief scenes of smoking and drinking
  • Some characters face financial struggles

What it models well

  • Kindness and generosity
  • Following your dreams
  • Perseverance and grit
  • The value of friendship

Talk about it after

  • Chasing your dreams, no matter how big
  • The difference between wants and needs
  • Helping others achieve their goals

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Top billed cast

Director: Anthony Fabian • Crew: Carroll Cartwright, Anthony Fabian, Keith Thompson, Olivia Hetreed

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Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Lesley Manville is clearly having some good fun playing the eponymous, widowed, wartime cleaner. One of her clients, "Lady Dant" (Anna Chancellor) is not so hot when it comes to settling her bills, but she does have a Dior dress - and at £500 this is a dream for "Mrs. Harris".…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

I don’t know if I would have been quite so anxious to see this movie, or if I would have liked it as much, if Lesley Manville was not playing Mrs. Harris, but fortunately she was. An unlikely confluence of events happen to and around Mrs. Harris that seem to add up to an unlikely scenario of her saving money to buy the Dior dress, such as her winning the football pools (lottery).…

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Details

TMDB audience
7.3/10 (520)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Box office
$31,179,316

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