Review of The Whisperers

A Sad And Moving Story About An Eccentric Lonely Woman Who Believes She Is A Duchess, Whose Only Friends Are The Creaks And Leaks/Drips And Other Noises In Her Old Dusty Apartment She Imagines Are Voices Talking To Her ... Edith Evans Performance Of The Elderly Forgotten Mrs Ross Is Heartbreaking And Groundbreaking ... I Am Stunned At The Levels Of Sympathy I Felt For Her And Her Circumstances ... Her Mundane Life Is Turned Around By The Visit Of Her Good For Nothing Thieving Son And Later On By Her Estranged (Useless) Vagabond Husband ... It Saddens Me To Think That Although This Movie Was Released In 1967 "Mrs Ross" Is Representative Of A Huge Amount Of The Elderly World Wide Both Then And Now ... The Story Runs The Whole Of The Daily Life In A World Where The Poor Pray On Each Others ... Gerald Sim (Mr Conrad) Is Excellent As The Social Services Worker Who Has Adjusted To Mrs Ross' Imagination Yet Has Not Given Up On Her As A Human Being ... The Scenery Is Wonderful As It Truly Reflects The Hopeless World She Lives In ... Bryan Forbes Direction Is Brilliant In His Ability To Capture A World Gone Heartless And Yet Not Lose Sight Of It's Humanity ... Nominated for 1 Oscar, And Another 9 Wins With 3 Nominations ... This Is A MUST SEE Movie, If You Think (Because Of Movies You Have Seen Before) That An Old Woman With Nothing In The World Can Not Move Something Inside Of You, That You Have Forgotten Exist ... "You Are Wrong" ... IMDb Rates This Movie 7.2, Honestly I Could Not Live With Myself If I Gave It Anything Less Than A 9 Out Of 10 ... My IMDb Rating 10 Out Of 10