Travels With My Aunt

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Travels With My Aunt

PG

Released Dec 17, 1972

1h 49m

Comedy

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At his mother's funeral, uptight banker Henry Pulling (Alec McCowen) meets an eccentric woman claiming to be his aunt, Augusta Bertram (Maggie Smith). After the ceremony, the two go to her apartment - where a gruesome package arrives containing a severed finger and a ransom note for the release of Augusta's former lover, Ercole Visconti (Robert Stephens). As they travel across Europe to the borders of Turkey and into North Africa, Henry and Augusta tangle with deception, authorities and death.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Travels With My Aunt seems to run down before it gets started.

Sep 29, 2023

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

George Cukor's Travels with My Aunt is a whimsical romantic fantasy that works; which is to say, if you are not a fan of whimsical romantic fantasy, it's going to be too much for you.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Judith Crist

Texas Monthly

You'll have a wonderful trip with Travels.

Jun 11, 2020

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

One of George Cukor's last (and least impressive) pictures, this version of Graham Greene's eccentric comedy is thematically similar to Auntie Mame but suffers from Maggie Smith's overly stylized turn and lack of rapport with Alec McCowen as her nephew.

Rated: C

Jul 28, 2008

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dampened by a hammy over-theatrical performance by Maggie Smith, too much useless gab and too many contrived plot turns.

Rated: C

Jan 16, 2007

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Agressive whimsey eventually wears out its welcome.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 23, 2005

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Russ G

I couldn't get past the opening scene but judging by the overall score, my review wouldn't be any better if I had managed to slog through it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/25

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M L

Maggie Smith's character was very weird and nervous. Her nephew: pretty bland, but the real shining star of this movie was the super-cute Cindy Williams! IMO.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/14/23

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I have tried at least four times to watch this. I can never figure out what the hell is happening or follow anything. How did a potentially fun film, from a great source, become such a muddled bore?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/29/23

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dave s

George Cukor's Travels With My Aunt seemed dated even when I first saw it back in the 70s, shortly after its release, as many of the scenes seem to have the same cinematic sensibility of the films Cukor directed thirty years earlier. Now viewed almost fifty years later, it comes across as silly, unfocused and totally unnecessary…and still dated. The plot is more exhausting than entertaining, many of the scenes (and even shots within some scenes) are pointless and go nowhere, and the puzzling Oscar-nominated performance by Maggie Smith seems overly theatrical and a bit embarrassing. At least some of the scenery is nice, but that's about all that Travels With My Aunt has going for it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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steve d

A trip not worth taking even with Smith.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Great costumes and a little fun from Maggie Smith. I have tried getting through this in one sitting without success. A friend who I watched it with (who like me, knows and loves Cukor’s work) kept asking ‘Huh? What is he traveling with her for? What is she talking about? What the hell is going on?’. Should have been grand and stylish (and likely would have been far better made in any decade than the 70’s) but it’s just pretty bad.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/26/20

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At his mother's funeral, uptight banker Henry Pulling (Alec McCowen) meets an eccentric woman claiming to be his aunt, Augusta Bertram (Maggie Smith). After the ceremony, the two go to her apartment - where a gruesome package arrives containing a severed finger and a ransom note for the release of Augusta's former lover, Ercole Visconti (Robert Stephens). As they travel across Europe to the borders of Turkey and into North Africa, Henry and Augusta tangle with deception, authorities and death.

Director: George Cukor
Producer: Robert Fryer, James Cresson
Screenwriter: Graham Greene, Jay Presson Allen, Hugh Wheeler
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 17, 1972, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Mono

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