How About You

Released Nov 14, 2008

1 hr. 30 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

64%

25 Reviews

Tomatometer

54%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

When Kate (Orla Brady) is called away from the retirement home she runs to take care of her mother, she is forced to leave her rebellious little sister, Ellie (Hayley Atwell), in charge of the four residents who are staying at the home over holiday break. These four are nicknamed "the hardcore" because of their mean-spirited ways, and they quickly try to break Ellie of her happy-go-lucky demeanor. But both "the hardcore" and Ellie soon discover that they can learn a lot from each other.

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Critics Consensus

Though it relies on a cliched storyline and stock characters, How About You gets winning performances from Vanessa Redgrave and Imelda Staunton.

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Audience Member

Sweet predictable film of good actors in small parts

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Great Christmas movie!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

I had never heard of this film and stumbled across it on Shomi, seeing the cast, I decided to give it a try. Glad I did. It's predictable, but in a good way. I like Hayley Atwell("Agent Carter") and also enjoy Vanessa Redgrave, Imelda Staunton and Brenda Fricker. The setting is gorgeous and it's just a nice easy watch. Give it a try!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

A sweet and heartwarming film that projects the universal struggles and similarities of young and old in smart hilarity!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

I enjoyed this movie on Christmas Day while I was sick in bed

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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jesse o

I don't think I have much to say about this movie. It certainly has a good enough cast and a decent script. But it is a little sentimental for my tastes and it handles its characters with kid gloves and I found the whole story of these 4 cantankerous old people, whose misbehaving has caused nurses to quit and other people to moved out of the house, becoming as close as a family and completely changing their lives around for the better to be a little contrived and farfetched. It'd be a good story if told a longer period of time and if the characters were a little more complex. But I understand that that wasn't the film's intended purpose. It was supposed to be a feel-good, Christmas-y movie for the entire family. So I get that, but the movie is probably too sweet for my liking. Still, it's a solid movie with a very good cast that makes up for the script's shortcomings.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Anthony Byrne

Director

Hayley Atwell

Ellie

Vanessa Redgrave

Georgia

Joss Ackland

Donald

Brenda Fricker

Heather

Imelda Staunton

Hazel

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Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

While the movie is rather predictable and has a few moments that are just too heartwarming, there are scenes that are both moving and humorous.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 9, 2009

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

How About You is based on a Maeve Binchy story about the residents of an Irish retirement home.

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 12, 2008

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Never underestimate the value of slight but charming flicks like Anthony Bryne's How About You.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 14, 2008

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Stephen Schaefer

Boston Herald

Rated: B+

Apr 4, 2011

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Amiable but slight.

Rated: C

Dec 14, 2008

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

I like Dublin in December, how about you?

Rated: 3/4

Nov 25, 2008

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Synopsis

When Kate (Orla Brady) is called away from the retirement home she runs to take care of her mother, she is forced to leave her rebellious little sister, Ellie (Hayley Atwell), in charge of the four residents who are staying at the home over holiday break. These four are nicknamed "the hardcore" because of their mean-spirited ways, and they quickly try to break Ellie of her happy-go-lucky demeanor. But both "the hardcore" and Ellie soon discover that they can learn a lot from each other.

Director: Anthony Byrne
Screenwriter: Jean Pasley
Distributor: Strand
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 14, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $77.6K

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