Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Trailer, on YouTubeThis is not the sort of film that I generally watch, but it's a melancholic (in places) romantic comedy drama, which is surprisingly well written and made, and definitely comes under the category of "feel good films".
The name says it all really, and involves the Mrs Harris of the title visiting Paris, in search of a Dior dress, and the mild adventures she has. It's not quite as obvious as that description may suggest, and there are a few clever little elements that I think make it worth watching, even if 1950's dramas are not your thing.
It's definitely not what you would call a star studded film, but the cast they chose works very well. Lambert Wilson and Anna Chancellor are well known from many other film and TV appearances, and their casting is very good, but not in major parts. Ellen Thomas is perfect as Mrs Harris' best friend, although I only really remember her as Carmen in Dr Who "Planet of the Dead", and Jason Isaacs was also good as Archie.
The Extras on the Bluray had a gag Reel, where there was a running gag itself (very meta), and it was definitely a bit weird to see some references to Covid in there, with a film set in 1957, but obviously filmed when the pandemic was being treated seriously.
At one point Mrs Harris throws a burnt Dior dress off of Battersea Bridge into the Thames, and whilst I realise this is entirely fictional, I couldn't help thinking that even a partially destroyed Dior dress from 1957, when Christian Dior died, would probably be worth at least a few tens of thousands of pounds today!
