"Finding Your
Feet" is a British film which stars:
-Imelda Staunton
as “Sandra”-best known as Dolores Umbrage in the Harry Potter films, and as
Mama Rose in the West End production of the musical “Gypsy”
-Celia Imrie as “Bif”-she
has been in several films including “Calendar Girls” and “The Best Exotic
marigold Hotel”
-Timothy Spall
as “Charlie”-best known as Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter series, as well
as “Denial” and “Enchanted”
At the beginning
of the film, we see Sandra at her husband’s retirement party. Sandra quickly
finds her husband in a passionate embrace with her best friend. She then learns
her husband has been having an affair for the last five years. Inconsolable,
she leaves her husband and goes to her sister Bif’s flat.
Bif’s flat is
small for her alone, and is entirely too small for the two of them, but Bif
takes her sister in to live. As a way to get her out of her funk, Bif includes
Sandra in her favorite activities. Through spending time with one another, the two sisters come to know one another in a way they never had before.
There is one activity that Bif does without fail-takes a dance classes every Thursday night. That is where
the magic begins in this film, in the dance. Everyone in the class is an
OAP-“old aged person” and goes to dance class for fun and socialization. Sandra
joins Bif’s dance class. There she meets Charlie, and her life changes forever.
I took note of
all the characters in the film; each one of them is a broken person, in some
way. Sandra just left her cheating husband. Charlie is married to a woman who
as end stage Alzheimer’s disease. Bif is dealing with a crisis that no one
knows, including her sister.
The film is
about love, loss, starting over, being true to yourself, and to remember to dance like no one
is watching.
“Finding Your
Feet”, now on Blu Ray and DVD, available for streaming on Hulu, Amazon Prime,
Vudu, YouTube, Google Play. Three stars.
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