Widows' Peak

In the Irish town of Kilshannon in the 1920s, a matriarchal clique of widows tightly sets the rules for behavior. Heading the town's ruling circle is the doughty Mrs. Counihan (Joan Plowright). The only non-widow in town is a reclusive middle-aged spinster, Miss O'Hare (Mia Farrow), who seems to be ...more

The mounting conflict between Mia Farrow and Natasha Richardson in Widows' Peak makes for a fun poke at the usual stuffy-shirted mentality of period pieces, and it puts the viewer in the position of rooting for different characters at different junctures depending on the latest salvo fired in the battle. The payoff, moreover, is well worth the wait. Widows' Peak is a welcome installation in the wave of quirky British comedies that swept the cinema in the 1990s, with funny performances by both ...more