The title might spoil the plot, but Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is an elegant and charming underdog story. aurora_amidon's review:
Ada Harris has never asked for anything. A hardworking cleaning woman in 1950s London, she spends her days cleaning up other peoples’ messes with an indestructible smile on her face, reliably spreading positivity everywhere she goes. But when she discovers the magic of Dior in the form of an employers’ dress, she realizes that it’s finally time for her to treat herself.
Directed by Anthony Fabian and written by Fabian, Carroll Cartwright, Leigh Thompson and Olivia Hetreed,masterfully achieves every note essential in a captivating underdog story. A lot of the film’s tonal success has to do with Manville, who was cleverly cast as the inverse of her character in Paul Thomas Anderson’s, where she played the stony, business-savvy sister of a distinguished 1950s fashion designer.
Manville’s compassionate performance is bolstered by Fabian’s detail-oriented and textured storytelling. When Ada finally makes it to Paris, we see the city as she does: In sweeping widescreen, blushing with pastel colors, with rain-covered streets sparkling like dazzling disco balls. This tone of wonderment seeps into the House of Dior, too, especially permeatingAccompanied by Rael Jones’ dreamy, romantic piano score, the pageant forces even the fashion cynic to watch with bated breath.
And a heavenly daydream is precisely what Ada is experiencing, emphasized by a dolly-zoom employed right when she locks her eyes onto the dress for the first time. Soon after, the fashion show ends, and I, in the theater, finally exhaled for the first time since the scene began.isn’t just inspiring and exquisite to look at—it’s also really funny.
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