Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007) by Thomas K — 04 Nov 2011

Littered with absurd historic inaccuracies this is a banal and only occasionally funny movie that rambled along without much of a story or purpose. Watchable and forgettable...

This review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007) was written by Thomas K on 04 Nov 2011.

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Oli H (29) on 06 May 2008

Fairly enjoyable comedy.easy to watch,but it does get a bit too silly towards the end…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Katrina H (132) on 05 Aug 2008

Un bon petit film sans pretention. J'ai ri quelques fois! Tire d'une histoire vraie, il joue beaucoup sur les decors, les costumes et accessoires…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Mike C (1,722) on 28 Jun 2008

The anti-communist message was expected although not as bad as I thought it would be and had an alright amount of anti-western messages to…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Shao-Yi C (5) on 06 Jul 2008

Catherine Tate is a good actress and the only sequence I liked from the film is she helped Otto escape to the West by accident…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Rachel G (314) on 30 Sep 2007

Another good solid Channel 4/national lottery outing. If you enjoyed Grow Your Own and Sixty Six you'll probably like this…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 26 Oct 2007

Enjoyable comedy drama with a sharp script and superb performances, though it loses its focus towards the end…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Helen O'hara (407) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 26 Oct 2007

One of the better British comedies we've seen this year…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Dane A (80) on 28 Jan 2011

A simple British housewife gets dragged to a small town in East germany because her husband is a sympathisant of communism. Mrs…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Greg P (722) on 06 May 2008

A fairly enjoyable comedy,very easy watching.although it did get a bit too silly towards the end…

Read Review

Review of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)

By Rachael P (67) on 10 Apr 2011

The most important characteristic of Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution is its soul…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Back to the Beach (1987)

By Rodney E (723) on 20 Mar 2013

Crap that I liked as a kid. Features Frankie and Annette all old and trying to cash in on nostalgic value for the 80's…

Read Review

Review of The Anniversary Party (2001)

By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 03 Feb 2010

I had a hard time maintaining interest in (let along liking) any of these self-involved Hollywood twerps, and scene after scene is a grating…

Read Review

Review of Old Joy (2006)

By Rickb. (5) on 03 Jul 2007

This was clearly the most boring movie I have ever seen in my life - no small feat. I didn't feel any empathy with either character…

Read Review

Review of The War Room (1993)

By Kenneth H (222) on 17 Oct 2011

The War Room was good in that it took us behind-the-scenes into the 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign, but it did so in a very disorganized…

Read Review

Review of Dudes (1987)

By Jennifer A (577) on 25 Jul 2009

Exhibit A on why the Punk Western hasn't exploded as a sub-genre…

Read Review

Review of Prison Song (2001)

By Jezzy A (438) on 30 Mar 2008

I've seen this movie being shown on the BET channel so many times. I actually, didn't care for it to much, but it does have its good moments…

Read Review

Review of The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 24 Mar 2006

I don't know if the movie follows the book closely, but if it does, you kind of have to wonder how Leroy or Albert or whoever it was made such…

Read Review

Review of Effi Briest (2009)

By Marcus W (1,161) on 21 May 2016

Gave up half way through, definitely not one of Fassbinder's best works…

Read Review

Review of Electric Shadows (2005)

By Alexander C (2,448) on 21 Sep 2012

Chinese cinema paradiso? not quite. it has fhe same awesome formula but executed poorly with rather predictable plot. still a great entertainment tho…

Read Review

Review of According to Greta (2009)

By Adrian B (1,364) on 15 Apr 2013

Coming of age drama that I'm sure Hilary Duff fans will. As a neutral it's only average…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

2007

63%27 Reviews

Delivery: The Beast Within

2013

45%16 Reviews

The Unbelievable Truth

1990

70%41 Reviews

Cinderella

1965

71%56 Reviews

Gridiron Gang

2006

70%564 Reviews

Michael

2011

67%76 Reviews

Crocodile Dundee

1986

64%468 Reviews

Norte, the End of History

2014

77%37 Reviews

Guardians

2017

51%39 Reviews

Bug

2002

58%541 Reviews