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Simply Perfect

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Halfway through watching Candleshoe, my mom turned to me and exclaimed, "Best David Niven movie ever!" I'm sure she was forgetting about The Impossible Years, Paper Tiger, and our Christmas tradition The Bishop's Wife, but I had to agree that Candleshoe was an absolute tour-de-force for the debonair actor.Little Jodie Foster, in her masculine child phase, is a no-good scamp. She's poor and has no family, but she soon gets involved in a get-rich-quick scheme with Leo McKern. Those of you who have seen the cartoon Anastasia will marvel at the similarities mirrored in the beginning section of Candleshoe: An old woman is extremely wealthy and is looking for her long-lost granddaughter who was taken at a young age and never seen again. She's offering a reward, and Leo, a known scoundrel, trains Jodie Foster to pretend she's the teenager in line to inherit! With the help of his girlfriend, he teaches Jodie what foods to like and dislike, details about her fake family, and how to behave like the upper class. Then, in the midst of the inevitable test, Jodie remembers a detail that wasn't taught to her-about a secret passageway! Somebody ripped someone's idea off. . .Still, if you liked Anastasia, you'll probably really love Candleshoe. Helen Hayes plays the grandmother, and David Niven is her butler, and they add an enormous amount of class to the movie. I've already described in detail the beginning scenes, so I'll stop giving away the plot. In case you were wondering why I've pronounced David Niven's role as a tour-de-force part when he's only the butler, I will reiterate my praise. I won't tell you why, but I will tell you he's given an enormous amount of variety in the film, and he handles it perfectly. If you're a fan of his and are considering blowing Candleshoe off as a silly Disney movie, think again. Go out and rent it with a pal, so you too can have someone to turn to and shout, "Best David Niven movie ever!"

The only thing I wasn't clear about in the film was whether Jodie Foster really remembered a loose brick in the fireplace (this was not in her initiation) or just got lucky making it up. She stares at the fireplace as though she really remembers. So little is made of this. And the ambiguity of whether she guessed the box was a musical box that played Greensleeves (a tune she'd been tipped off about) or also remembered the box for real... But then she ate a strawberry at the beginning and didn't like rice pudding, so .. maybe not.Maybe I'm analysing this too much as this scene is the only scene I remember as a 9year old - it really made an impact on me ... I have since watched the whole film again and loved it ... and if it is meant to be ambiguous as to whether she could be the long lost grand daughter, I suppose that's an unusual thing in a Disney film. The end is open, the grandmother says herself at the end that maybe she is the real granddaughter and we never really know.

Lately I have been watching some old Jodie Foster movies, and that brought me to this one, a Disney film make at Pinewood Studios in England. Here Jodie Foster is boyish street urchin Casey Brown.The premise, a con man Harry Bundage finds street-wise delinquent who looks like she could be the 14 year old version of a granddaughter that disappeared at age 4 from the British mansion Candleshoe. Her father and mother died, and her old grandmother, Helen Hayes as Lady St. Edmund, would love to find her again.Harry's angle is this, he found something which makes him believe a treasure of old Spanish gold doubloons is hidden somewhere on the Candleshoe property, and he rescues Casey from the cops, and makes a deal with her, he will give her 10% if she finds the treasure.So, much of the movie is Casey doing everything she can to keep her distance from Lady S Edmund, and the several orphans there, while trying to figure out where the treasure is. Then she eventually finds out that the property will be lost if they can't come up with money for taxes, and eventually Casey begins to understand what "family" means.David Niven is good in several roles, as Colonel Dennis, Mr. Gipping the gardener, and Mr. Priory the butler. Of course we know each is him, but he does that to make the old lady think she still has a staff.A nice, clean, funny movie which showcases Jodie Foster's considerable acting talents as a 14 year old.SPOILERS. In a madcap ending, while the crooks are trying to find the treasure in the old mansion, and the good guys fight them off, the gold is accidentally found inside a fake treasure chest upon which a statue rests his foot. The cops show up just in time to make sure that the treasure gets to the rightful owner. Casey tries to leave town quietly, but the old lady finds her and makes her realize that she really belongs at Candleshoe, even though she probably isn't really the granddaughter. But she might be!

Possibly one of the best family films ever made by Disney. Jodie Foster is brilliant as the wayward teen who's going nowhere. Even at that early age you can see why she has gone on to become one of Hollywoods most successful actresses - she's definitely underrated.Candleshoe is packed full of memorable one liners that just stick with you for months, even years, following watching this film.I grew up watching it and have never stopped! Also, 'Grandmother's' accent is perfect, considering the actress herself is American.Watch this film, you won't be disappointed!Unfortunately I had to surf the Net and order it from America to get hold of my copy, but if you DO find it to buy, don't hesitate.