Released: 26 August, 1999
Language: English
Country: UK
Film: Color
Genre: Drama
Starring: Colin Firth, Rosemary Harris, Malcolm McDowell, Irene Jacob, Robert Norman.
Filmed on location in Ardkinglas House, Cairndow, Argyll, and Bute Scotland.
The General Plot:
Based on a true story, the film is narrated by Fraser Pettigrew, the ten year old son (Robert Norman) of an inventor (Colin Firth), and treated as a memoir of a fairly crucial year in his life. It takes place post WWI, in a castle in Scotland, owned by Fraser's grandmother (Rosemary Harris), his mom and dad, and siblings. Life is fairly easy, and straight forward, until the elder son, Uncle Morris (Malcolm McDowell) comes home and announces that he is engaged to a very young French woman named Heloise (Irene Jacob).
Heloise's obvious sexual appeal sets the house on end, as she both ignites new and undiscovered desires in Fraser, as well as, jealousy and lust in his father, which of course stirs up a good deal of issues in his marriage.
My Take On It:
Overall, it's not a bad movie. Like most British drama's it has a tendency to move slowly and kept the larger portions of the drama somewhat swept under the rug. Fraser's revelations and discoveries are hysterical; however, for me, it was somewhat ruined by Colin Firth's bad behavior. I guess, I just love to love him, so when he does something awful, I have such a hard time enjoying the film afterwards. He just shouldn't be allowed to do bad things while he's portraying what is, overall, a good guy.
All in all, I'd say it is worth renting, seeing it at least once, but not necessarily a buyer. I'm going to give My Life So Far 3 out of 5 remotes.
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