Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda costar as two alike souls who embark on a quirky road trip in CAMILLA. Camilla is Tandy's name in the movie, and unfortunately this was the great actress' last film. She looks terrific for a woman her age, and effortlessly steals every scene she's in. Fonda plays a footloose musician paired up with a Canadian guy (Elias Koteas) who ends up going off with a soft-porn filmmaker on business, leaving Fonda in Georgia with the guy's mom (Tandy), who is slightly addled and evidently was a famous violin player in her time. The gals decide to take a ride to see a Brahms concert in Toronto, but quickly lose their car and have a series of silly adventures along the way, including running into to car thief and all-around nut job Graham Greene. Meanwhile, Camilla's son (Maury Chaykin) becomes convinced his mom has been kidnapped. All ends well, with a surprise appearance by Tandy's real-life husband Hume Cronyn playing an old flame. The last shot shows Tandy playing the violin on the beach. A pleasant little movie, even if it is a chick flick.
Review of Camilla
