Hampstead

June. 14,2019      PG-13
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, Donald Horner. For 17 years, Donald has lived—wildly yet peacefully—in a ramshackle hut near the edge of the forest. When Emily learns his home is the target of developers who will stop at nothing to remove him, saving Donald and his property becomes her personal mission. Despite his gruff exterior and polite refusals for help, Emily is drawn to him—as he is to her—and what begins as a charitable cause evolves into a relationship that will grow even as the bulldozers close in.

Diane Keaton as  Emily Walters
Brendan Gleeson as  Donald Horner
James Norton as  Philip
Lesley Manville as  Fiona
Jason Watkins as  James Smythe
Simon Callow as  Judge
Alistair Petrie as  Steve Crowley
Phil Davis as  Fyfe
Hugh Skinner as  Erik
Adeel Akhtar as  Donald's Lawyer

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So lovely to see Diane Keaton play a character who thinks she doesn't do anything. I think that feeling is common among givers. They give without realizing they're giving. She's getting to the end of her life and suddenly she realizes she doesn't have anything or anyone. I was moved to see in Keaton's eyes that youthful realization of love. This charming surprise of a film has other hidden pleasures, Brendan Gleeson for instance, his tender wild human is a delight, not to mention Lesley Manville - her scenes are filled with a comic energy that never goes over the top, a real treat. And then Simon Callow as the judge is the icing on the cake. Enjoy.

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