"Finding Your Feet" is a new British 110-minute movie that premiered back in 2017 and this was made by established director Richard Loncraine, an Emmy winner, and the two writers are somewhat experienced as well, so there is the base for a quality movie, especially if you take a look at the cast members here too. And honestly these were the highlight of the entire thing. Staunton, Sessions, Imrie, Spall certainly make a great impact with the material. The script is a bit on the shoddy side. Sometimes, it is just amazing, sometimes, it just doesn't feel right. The weakest moment include the random death of a sex partner, maybe also a central character's death at the end, which happens of course right one day after the important stage performance or the restaurant applauding the main character after she takes a stand against her ex-husband. I would say that the sex-related jokes, especially in the first half, may very well be this movie's biggest weakness. It tries to be funny, but virtually never is, just seems as if they recycled some of the worst lines from "Grace & Frankie". Fitting that Spall never is a partg of that as he may very well be the best thing of the entire film. The dementia story line with his wife is really really touching on more than one occasion and if there is one aspect that may get your eyes wet, then that's it. Sadly, some weak plot twists resulting from it, hurt this as well, like for example how does Spall fall in love so quickly with somebody else, so unstoppably with what's going on with his wife. Well, that could be explained to some extent, but really Staunton's character doing the same cannot in my opinion looking at how much she is embarrassed by the divorce papers, how she is clearly not over the long time with her husband etc. And how she pushes Spall's character away near the end because he did not tell her about the wife feels also a bit like fake drama. Not too sure about the Italy story by Emrie's character near the end, I guess it's okay. Debatable. The dancing aspect is not as frequent in this film as you could think from the trailer, description and film's title. But it's okay, you definitely don't need to be a dancer to appreciate the film. Staunton and Spall have their fair share of character studies and period pieces in their bodies of work and their experience clearly pays off in making the somewhat ridiculous and cheesy story look tolerable. It's not the key story that will stay in your mind, it's the small moments like Spall's character giving solace to the other one after he mourns his wife once again. "Where do you go to my Lovely" being a thing of beauty (audibly) certainly helps matters too. The romance plot at the center is definitely a bit vague and not well thought through occasionally. A bit of a pity. But it's still a charming movie during more than just a few scenes, especially if you like the cast. Not one the best films of the year, not even if you restrict the category to British films, but it's worth seeing I guess. Maybe I am also just not old enough that the film will resonate really well with me. This is one for senior audiences rather than young ones. Go check it out.

A touching, heart felt must watch! Movies simply aren't made like this anymore.

Wasn't sure about this movie before I saw it. Like a lot of other films the title put me off but having nothing better to do I decided to see it. By the end I had laughed at the witty scrip; cried during the emotional scenes (I'm a 65 year old man by the way); and left the theatre thoroughly uplifted by a story obviously aimed at my end of the age range. Outstanding performances by British acting royalty Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall and above all Celia Imrie (is there no role she can play?). It's story that will make you believe that you should squeeze life until the pips squeak. As I said it's probably aimed at people of a certain age but younger ones may learn a valuable lesson about not putting off till tomorrow what you can do today. A little gem of a film. Go see it!

Finding Your Feet ****Finding Your Feet is British Romantic Comedy Drama telling a mature love story of life, starting again and discovering yourself.The story see Lady Abbot a high class socialite who discovers that her Husband of 34 years has been having a on going affair and is forced to stay with her free spirited poor sister.The film delivers on all sides of it's mixed genre format perfectly blending the comedy the romance and a healthy dose of Drama that cements the story and various points is spot on.The rarity of a mature Rom Com being made is totally capitalized on by the amazing array of talent they have in the cast. Everyone involved smashes their lines and relishes the scenes which they most know do not come along that often in the mainstream for their age.Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie as the sisters work very well together whether they are arguing, bonding or crying there is a chemistry that hits the screen.Timothy Spall as a leading love interest is not something ever associated with the actor and yet fits the part superbly gritty, heart felt, comedic and tender.The first hour shoots bye with a well paced scripted story that delivers not only the laughs but the dramatic moments as well.The care that has gone into the characters is refreshing with almost everyone having a back story, with them all being tragic with works in contrast to the happiness they put out.There's a slight halt in pace at the mid way point which is not long lasting and replaced with tidy third act that delivers a beautiful story that should leave the audience with a smile.A love story that looks at life with a such a over view it begs the question of not just love but the meaning of happiness that only occurs in such overview until older years. To pull off that maturity in the Romantic Comedy genre whilst still hitting all the right beats is a real achievement and a wonderful additional to famous British Rom Com collection.