All the corny romance stuff is about as intrinsic to the film’s soft appeal as the scrupulously well-made frocks, encompassing late Edwardian lace and flapper-style dropwaist numbers, and dozens of well-turned cloche hats.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 15, 2022

Going into this film, I expected a typical stoic period piece, only to be emotionally riveted by the unfolding story.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Nov 20, 2020

... it's a pleasant, moderately touching film ...

| Oct 21, 2020

Neither of their stories seems essential as a record of Hollywood history, but combined there's something captivating as the film weaves tales of lost innocence and shifting morals.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2020

Book-based tale of spirited teen and guardian; mature themes

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 18, 2020

An unfortunate blip.

| Nov 25, 2019

If "The Chaperone" accomplishes anything, that will be to send viewers scrambling to Google to learn more about this extraordinary woman.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 22, 2019

I'm not an Elizabeth McGovern completist, but it may be the best thing she's ever done.

| Nov 22, 2019

It never really comes alive.

| Sep 27, 2019

This is a coming-of-age story for both women. The title is fitting.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 10, 2019

"The Chaperone" is like telling the Tiger Woods story by choosing to focus on his first caddy. Sure, it's a way in, but unless that caddy has a really good story, what are we doing here?

| Original Score: C | May 10, 2019

Films like this have a general necessity in providing alternative options for certain demographics, but it helps if they're attempting to do something; whether it be comedic or dramatic, but this little picture fails at both.

| May 9, 2019

'The Chaperone' is a story about a woman who is changing alongside a changing country, making discoveries about herself in late middle age.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 6, 2019

Static and stilted...

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 3, 2019

The film might be set in a different period, but its themes resonate today, with Louise and Norma showing the transformation of two quite different women living through a period of cultural change.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2019

The Chaperone is produced by PBS Masterpiece and is being shown in theaters, but it feels more suited to television. The budget is clearly lower for things like wigs and backdrops and old-age makeup to the extent that it's noticeable.

| May 1, 2019

It all adds up to a charming, heartbreaking and heartwarming two hours of emotion-inducing entertainment.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2019

It's an entertaining look at a culture in transition. And it captures some of the reckless spirit that Louise Brooks would hone onscreen during the next decade of her brief but memorable career.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 1, 2019

Not so much a bad film as it is underwhelming and falling short of its promise, all The Chaperone really achieves is wetting our appetites for a full feature about Louise Brooks

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 1, 2019

While The Chaperone is still eminently watchable, the slender, selective view we get of the endlessly intriguing Brooks will slightly annoy those familiar with her enduring legend.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 29, 2019