Any recommendations for a quirky little gem of a film

[waltzingparrot]

The type that doesn't sound great in its synopsis but turned out to be brilliantly entertaining, moving, hysterical. It's probably British. Definitely understated.

I'll offer Marvellous with Toby Jones

I can't stream The Castle. Says unavailable?

We watched The Penguin Lessons last week, available on Prime. Highly recommended.

@i’I love the castle ‘tell him he’s dreamin’

I inexplicably find myself watching A Royal Corgi Christmas currently on channel 5.

"Prince Edmond gives his mother a corgi to win her approval and hires a dog trainer Cecily. They bond over the pet, and learn that love can grow in unexpected places".

It is of course Hallmark channel cobblers now shoehorned or rather straddling (in a non sexual way) it's Christmas AND romance themes. I'm mesmerized by Americans trying to affect British aristocratic manners

At last!
I couldn’t believe it wasn’t mentioned - but then realised that the start of the thread pre-dated the film.
Not English, but the Woody Allen film Midnight In Paris is worth a mention.

"Crimes and Misdemeanours" is good

"LA Story" ? Steve Martin ?

Currently watching Lover Come Back on bbc4 .

swaggering advertising exec Rock Hudson is cosplaying as a bearded dorky scientist 🥼 and appears to be in the Foothills of a romance with rival and exec Doris Day.

His beard is currently making him look like The wrongest Action Man ever.

Bollocks he's just shaved it off

Thank you! I love Doris Day/Rock Hudson films. I see it's on iplayer, and so is Pillow Talk. That's my afternoon sorted.

I saw Mrs Harris at the cinema, lovely film. I'm thinking about watching The Holdovers which was recommended above, although it sounds a bit sad.

Oh thank you for The Holdovers recommendation. I had assumed it was one of those films with burping and farting jokes. I have just watched this and I have no idea why I thought this! Lovely!

Glad you enjoyed it. I bet you were getting it mixed up with The Hangover 😂

@LunaNorthI really was!!!

Oh thanks for this! I watched Pillow Talk the other eve and really enjoyed it.

Where can I see it please?

If you're in London the Prince Charles Cinema are showing it a few times over Christmas - I'm going on Wednesday 10th .

Where can I watch it?

I’m not unfortunately !

@Letmeoutodherepretty sure it was Netflix

Netflix I believe.

I loved Marvellous! I offer yoi Denmark on the iPlayer

I searched for Yoi Denmark 🤣 Found it and will watch later ta.

ha ha

Sorry for the confusion 🤦‍♀️

i watched it, enjoyed it thank you @SleafordSods

Absolutely no problem. It appears we have a similar taste in films

This seems to be precision tooled for this thread.

Home Alone crossed with Shirley Valentine. That's sodding Michelle Pfeiffer.

2bh I only found out about it BC the soundtrack has Fleet Foxes doing an Elliott Smith cover