Tolly is sent to stay with his grandmother at Green Knowe, an old house which has been the subject of many mysteries over its long history. Initially, Tolly uncovers a number of these stories from talking to the long-serving staff, but is shocked when ghostly apparitions start visiting him, seemingly in order to help him piece together a number of clues that might, once and for all, solve the riddle of the missing jewels and the cause of the tragic fire that destoyed part of the house over a century before. Directed and adapted by Julian Fellowes, From Time to Time brings Lucy M Boston’s Green Knowe stories to the big screen with a perfect balance of good humour, period detail and plenty of scares. It’s impossible not to be enchanted by Maggie Smith and Timothy Spall, both on fine form; but the whole acting ensemble work seamlessly to achieve something that is very rare in recent years; a great British family film with a strong appeal to both children and parents alike. —bfi
From the writer of GOSFORD PARK and the creator of DOWNTON ABBEY comes this charming tale of a young boy during WWII who is sent to live with his grandmother (Maggie Smith), where he discovers ghosts that are actually shadows from the past, allowing him to move from the present to the past to discover family secrets. A but simplistic but earnest, and beguiling in its own way.
