this film pull you in from the get go because it grab our attention by acknowledge and yeah and that this story be open with a cliché a funeral . in hand other than judi i wouldn not have give it an 8 a this material have be do over and over again represent the great reunion of a once famous and pick one please and team and army platoon and theatre group and singer and band . but this movie never stoop to cheap sentimentalization and and when you think it be go to it swoop off in another direction . a case in point be the flower that be send by an admirer to judi . the band member be an interesting group and ride above the clichés too . one be in jail and one have find religion and one be an alkie and and one have sink into dementia . but the joie de vivre rediscover by judi and ignite by her granddaughter interest and carry u along and make u overlook the sometimes simplistic nature of the plot . the cast be a who who of talent and leslie caron and the incomparable jazzist cleo laine with her amazing high note and a last performance from joan sims and brava joan and a cute a a button flirtatious ian holm have a ball and and olympia dukakis a a money grab divorcée living in the highland of scotland with her ghillie and her whiskey and the closing scene be standard hollywoodland fare and the judgmental child of the star convert to fun love supporter and the old lover reunite and the youngster sweep up in the old timer music . life should be this simple . but i would watch it again and and intend to and with my own granddaughter . for in the right hand and sometimes one just love these brazen old clichés . positive .