Movies starring Joan Plowright

The Diary of Anne Frank (1980)

109 mins     Biography, Drama, TV Movie      

I will start this review as I have with some of my reviews of other historical movies by bemoaning the British education system of the 80s as I was never taught anything about Anne Frank. I have learned about her since but I ...

Revolution (1985)

126 mins     Adventure , Drama      

I admit I don't know every movie ever made but as a movie fan and reviewer I would like to think I know many of the important movies and a fair few from prominent actors. It is why when I stumble across a movie from a major s...

Dennis (1993)

94 mins     Comedy, Family      

I've always been a Dennis the Menace fan or at least a fan of the British Dennis the Menace because for those who don't know back in 1951 two Dennis the Menaces were created an American one and a British one. Now "Dennis" the...

101 Dalmatians (1996)

103 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family      

Cutesy with a cartoonish dark side is probably the best way to describe the 1996 live action reworking of Disney's "101 Dalmatians", starring Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson and the wonderfully over the top Glenn Close as Crue...

Dance with Me (1998)

126 mins     Drama, Romance      

Dance with Me (1998) Vanessa Williams stars as a dancer who wants to be the best which means she hasn't time to fall for Rafael (Chayanne) a handyman at the dance studio...

Tea with Mussolini (1999)

117 mins     Comedy, Drama, War      

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli is widely acknowledged as a director of Shakespearean movies such as "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet" and of course "The Taming of the Shrew" but he also directed "Tea With Mussolini" a far more...

Bringing Down the House (2003)

105 mins     Comedy      

Let me tell you what the funniest thing about "Bringing Down the House" is, it is a small scene which sees Eugene Levy with cornrows. That scene has nothing really to do with the movie and comes at the end of "Bringing Down t...

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)

108 mins     Comedy, Drama      

"Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" is the sort of movie which I call wish and need fulfilment, the sort of movie which is so charming and beautiful that obvious flaws melt into the background as you fall in love with the charact...

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

96 mins     Adventure , Family      

Maybe it's me but when it comes to family movies I like characters which get me on their side, which makes me want to like them right from the word go. Unfortunately with "The Spiderwick Chronicles" you don't get that as we m...