Camilla

Jessica Tandy made one of her final screen appearances in this comic road movie. Freda (Bridget Fonda) is a would-be singer and songwriter who would like a career as a performer but lacks the courage; it doesn't help that her husband Vincent (Elias Koteas), a graphic artist, keeps insisting that her ...more

As a film, Camilla is, at best, average, the kind that a person can watch while doing something else without ever worrying that he or she will have missed an important or unexpected plot turn. As a showcase for the talents of the late Jessica Tandy, however, Camilla works very well. Tandy is positively luminous in what would turn out to be her last starring role on the big screen, taking situations that have been used in film for years and making them seem fresh and, at times, even magical. ...more