Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. Notice the subtle sound design of this moment, which evokes her memories of their camping trips, which she loved, until she married a cold, controlling man who kept her isolated and would not let her leave. Kevin Maher. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Edie review by Freda Cooper. From the very beginningthe look on Edie's face says it all.the start of an adventure.the smile on Jonny's face.the shoes, clothes, the scenes are all symbolic of her journeythe disregard for frailty and vulnerability being seen as a weakness by the great part of humanitywhere they should be feeling the need to care more.to reach out and help more..is portrayed perfectly. (In recent weeks, weve had John Hurt as the irascible writer with a terminal illness in That Good Night and Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland as the OAP couple on a raucous American road trip in The Leisure Seeker). For Edie, though, this is an epic journey. Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2020. Sheila Hancock plays Edie. One of the best movies I have ever watched. I used to have such fun and then I got married., At times, the camera pulls back and we see Edie a very long way below, a tiny dot on the landscape, as she struggles her way in the general direction of the summit. Long shots of the mountains and expanse of the remote, brutal, yet romantic wilderness convey the difficult task at hand, but also the loneliness Edie feels and has felt in her life. In the northwest of Scotland, there stands a glacier-carved mountain called Suilven. At first, I thought you were just a cranky old cow, Jonny admits. BUY EDIE ON BLUE-RAY (Amazon UK ONLY) two incredibly tender performances Movie Review World. She is the author of The Movie Mom's Guide to Family Movies and 101 Must-See Movie Moments. They are Fiona (Amy Manson) and Jonny (Kevin Guthrie). Click here for my ranking of this and 2018s other releases. Hancock has the same twinkle we see in Edie's eyes when she explains that if she thought of giving up she would see the crew clambering behind her with all of their equipment, and it would renew her resolve because she could not bear to let them down. A bitter, proud Scottish widow decides to tick an important item off her bucket list before moving into a retirement home in Edie, an uneven dramedy from U.K. commercials helmer Simon Hunter, working from a screenplay by Elizabeth OHalloran that has a big problem in tone and beaucoup clichd contrivance. Again, it's a perfectly viable setup, but the film never explores it in emotionally satisfying fashion. Jonathan Mahon-Heap. As he begins to teach her about what the trip will require, he is moved by her determination and flinty humor. Edie (2017) People. official trailer for EDIE. By the time Edie and Jonny make it to the top, we can almost see their souls expand to the farthest reaches of the truly spectacular vista. "At first, I thought you were this cranky old cow," he says. At first, Jonny is certain that Edie cannot do it. Edie often reduces a remarkable story to a rather ordinary viewing experience, but it's elevated considerably by Sheila Hancock's work in the title role. Friday May 25 2018, 12.01am, The Times. After her overbearing husband passes away, 83-year-old Edie is carted off to a nursing home by her daughter, who doesnt seem to care for her much. She is tricked into hiring a guide and fitness coach, Jonny (Kevin Guthrie), whose motives at least at first are purely mercenary.