Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War is a 2002 British comedy-drama film, directed by Ian Sharp and starring Pauline Collins, John Alderton and Peter Capaldi. It is based on a 1993 novel with the same name by author and conspiracy theorist Vernon Coleman.

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Original cinema poster
Directed byIan Sharp
Screenplay byMalcolm Stone
Based onMrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Produced byAndy Birmingham
StarringPauline Collins
John Alderton
Peter Capaldi
CinematographySue Gibson
Edited byGerry Hambling
Music byAlan Lisk
Production
company
Evolution Films Ltd
Distributed byArrow Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 5 June 2002 (2002-06-05) (IFE)
  • 25 June 2002 (2002-06-25) (MIFF)
  • 31 January 2003 (2003-01-31) (UK & IRL)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It is the story about a woman, Thelma Caldicot, who is coerced by her manipulative son Derek and daughter-in-law to move into a run-down nursing home, owned by Derek's employer, after the death of her bullying husband. Derek also gets her to sign over her house to him. However, she doesn't like it at the nursing home and shows her frustration. After having been medicated by the staff to stay calm, she finally incites her fellow inmates to revolt.

The film premiered in June 2002 at the International Filmfest Emden,[1] where it came second in the competition for the Bernhard Wicki Prize.[2] A few weeks later, it participated in the Moscow International Film Festival.[3] The film had its first wide cinema release in United Kingdom and Ireland, where it opened on 31 January 2003.[3]

Cast

Reception

BBC Films awarded the film a 1 star review, reporting that the film was 'Lacking in laughs and light on radical zeal, this is the kind of unambitious British cinema that should have been pensioned off a long time ago.'[4]

References
  1. IMDb: Emden International Film Festival 2002 Retrieved 2013-02-02
  2. Filmfest Emden: Preisträger Bernhard Wicki Preis 2002 Archived 2016-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-02-02
  3. IMDb: Release info - Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War Retrieved 2013-02-02
  4. "BBC - Films - review - Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2021.


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