Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available in the US on Netflix. It knows exactly what kind of film it is from the opening scene, and never loses that thread. 520 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Lesley Manville leads a cast with real comic timing. Put it on tonight on Netflix and see for yourself.

There is a reason Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris keeps coming up in conversation. The jokes in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. A 1950s London cleaning lady falls in love with an haute couture dress by Christian Dior and decides to gamble everything for the sake of this folly. The chemistry Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert bring to it does a lot of the heavy lifting. It hit screens in 2022. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. The complete film is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Lesley Manville is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris was released in 2022, directed by Anthony Fabian. The full 116-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.