IMDb plot summary: In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.
Directed by Michael Engler. Stars Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, and Géza Röhrig.
The Chaperone tells the story of a conservative Kansas woman who agrees to accompany teenage Louise Brooks to New York City in the 1920s, just before Brooks becomes a silent film icon. It’s a great premise about an actress I don't know much about, and seeing the two women at the opposite ends of repression and rebellion should have been interesting, but it's more interesting in concept than in execution. Elizabeth McGovern plays the chaperone as oddly wooden and restrained, even for the character, and as a result never quite sells her emotional transformation. Haley Lu Richardson as Brooks, however, has a lively, magnetic presence which keeps the film interesting and does in fact make me want to go watch more films from the actual Louise Brooks. But overall, The Chaperone plays it too safe, muddling its story with awkward side plots and an arc for McGovern that just doesn't work. It tries to make statements about liberation but stays disappointingly restrained.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 The Chaperone (2019)
📊 Ranked #2969/4075 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 27
lost to Meet John Doe (#2034 → #2044)
beat Unbroken (#3052 → #3069)
lost to Onibaba (#2542 → #2560)
lost to The Good Dinosaur (#2796 → #2494)
lost to Splash (#2923 → #2707)
beat The Illusionist (#2986 → #2995)
beat Luther (#2954 → #3024)
lost to Doctor Zhivago (#2938 → #2854)
lost to Obvious Child (#2946 → #2942)
beat Nightmare Alley (#2950 → #2979)
beat The Double Life of Véronique (#2948 → #2963)
beat Solo: A Star Wars Story (#2947 → #2971)
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