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Top cast Edit. Lauren Bacall Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as Mrs. Mark L. Taylor Ralph Kincaid as Ralph Kincaid. Emmet Walsh Morris as Morris. Del Hunter-White Cora as Cora. Warren Munson Mr. Jordan as Mr. Everett Wong Bruce as Bruce. Tim Haldeman Herbert as Herbert. Ian Abercrombie Parks as Parks uncredited. Marcus Cole. More like this. Watch options.

Storyline Edit. Comedy Drama Family Mystery. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia Based on the book by E. Yet, it is clearly set in southern CA, and the museum, surrounded by palm trees, is not the Met. Frankweiler User reviews 2 Review. Top review. Yha okay. I expected much more of the movie after reading the book. The book had way more elements than the movie.

Many funny clips that made the book were eliminated. And the whole entire Important but Minor role of Saxonberg and the whole point of the story outline. I did like Lauren Bacall's work as Mrs. BEF since she really portrayed the right attitude. Konigsburg keeps the adults in Claudia's family largely offstage, so that readers can put them out of mind.

But you don't put people you genuinely love out of mind, and you don't put them through hell just for purely selfish reasons --and as a father and grandfather myself, whenever I'd let myself think about it, I knew Claudia and Jamie were putting the adults in their lives through hell.

Yes, if I'd been the parent, I'd have been unspeakably thankful and relieved to get them back safe. But I might also have grounded them for about 47 years, and possibly packed them off for a semester at a boarding military academy in northern Alaska as a lesson in family appreciation. Okay, I might be exaggerating slightly for effect. It's also why I recommend the book only for mature kids, who wouldn't blindly consider these characters role models and be encouraged to run away themselves!

Interestingly, a book I read last year, Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick b. Selznick isn't a Goodreads author, so I don't know if he ever read Konigsburg's classic; but I think it's possible that he did, and that it may have been one of his literary influences.

The difference between the two books, though, is instructive and helps to explain why I rated the later book higher : Selznick's protagonist Ben manages his escape in a way that won't leave his family members insane with worry, and does tell a family member where he's going. And he has a psychological need to go, to deal with a question that's crucially important to him in learning who he is; it's not just a whim, and he doesn't pull a nine-year-old sibling along into the venture.

The edition of this book that I read was a year anniversary reprint, with an afterword by the author, which explained a bit about the models for the characters in her own family, the changes in New York City and the Museum itself since she wrote, some of the inspiration for the story, the reason she never wrote a sequel and I agree with that decision, because I think this is a story that's truly artistically complete in itself, as it stands etc.

At the time, she mourned the recent passing of both her husband and her longtime editor, who'd both loved the book. Sadly, Mrs. Konigsburger herself passed away as well, in But this book alone would be a worthy legacy and she wrote other prize-winning tales as well! View all 11 comments. This short novel is a classic of middle grade fiction, and the Newbery Award winner. Eleven year old Claudia decides to run away from home.

She was tired of arguing about whose turn it was to choose the Sunday night seven-thirty television show, of injustice, and of the monotony of everything. You can tell this is set in an earlier time, before our media entertainment options multiplied.

And because she wants to run away to somewhere beautiful and elegant, she chooses to run away to the NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art. They hide when the museum closes for the evening, and then have the place pretty much to themselves at night. Could it be a Michelangelo sculpture? The art experts aren't sure. And suddenly Claudia has found a mystery she deeply wants to solve, something that may alter her plans.

It's a short, enjoyable MG story, and I've had a paperback copy of it since I was a young teen. It's survived a few rereads and bookshelf purges over the years, so this one was a keeper for me. It really captures the thoughts and feelings of pre-teens. A wealthy older lady, Mrs. Frankweiler, narrates the entire story for reasons that become apparent later on ; I loved her dry humor and no-nonsense demeanor.

She reminded me of one of those sharp-minded, crusty, but ultimately kind dowager duchesses that occasionally grace the pages of my Regencies. Jul 17, Bobby Simic rated it it was amazing Shelves: kidsstuff , newbery , mystery , contemporary. There are certain, special books that I don't want to give up once finished. I guess to prolong the separation and perhaps to somehow physically absorb whatever magic it possesses, I'll find myself pressing my palms against the book, sandwiching it.

It doesn't happen very often. But it did happen with this book. I had never read this book growing up. But I'm so glad that I finally got around to it. What is it that makes this book so wonderful? Let's begin with Mrs. Frankweiler's clever na There are certain, special books that I don't want to give up once finished.

Frankweiler's clever narration. Her voice like the character is frosty and matter-of-fact but only on the surface. There's also a warm undercurrent that shows the esteem she has for these kids and their adventure.

Then add to that the relationship between Claudia and her brother Jamie. It's terrific and so well done. Like many siblings, their dynamic is a balancing act between affection and irritation, respect and disdain. And then you've got the "cool factor" to the story: Who hasn't thought about interacting, let alone living, with the artifacts in a museum? The author clearly respects kids, a must if you want to create decent children's literature.

By allowing Claudia and Jamie to treat not only the Met but New York City as their home and playground and not get caught exemplifies Konigsburg's apparent belief in how capable and astute children can be. And like all great children's literature, the book possesses a wisdom, a lesson, and a worldly vision that will benefit the reader -- young or old -- and provide him with a better understanding of his surroundings.

There's a bittersweetness to this book that I can't quite put my finger on. Why was I teary-eyed at the end of this book? Was it because I felt compassion for the childless Mrs. Frankweiler who seemed to have finally found the family that had escaped her before?

The conclusion's truth in the importance of having secrets and wanting to feel special? I think I was just sad to have this one end. View 1 comment. Dec 28, Sara rated it it was amazing Shelves: young-adult-fiction. I defy you to tell me you didn't, at some point in your life, want to run away and live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Konigsburg so perfectly captures the ultimate fantasy of any child who has ever visited this amazing place so brilliantly it almost feels like I got to go too.

There's nothing more wonderful than rediscovering a childhood favorite and experiencing in an entirely different, equally wonderful, way. I would read a hundred books narrated by Ms. Frankweiler, the lovely, ancient, melancholy millionairess who tells the story of two disaffected suburban children on a grand adventure as runaways in the greatest museum in the world.

She's hilarious, very wise and sadder than I remember and I imagine she speaks in that lovely, Gatsbian fake English accent they taught in NY finishing schools in the 30's.

She probably weighs fifty pounds soaking wet and dresses in perfectly tailored cashmere sweaters and tweed skirts. You can practically feel her longing to be part of Jamie and Claudia Kincaid's story and just a bit under the surface is her longing to be part of their lives. This is one of those perfect books that is just as good now as when it was written. Yes you'll have to explain to your kids what an automat is and this was painful a telephone booth but its well worth it.

That's my initial thought after this book. This was simply quirky and heart-warming and therefore the perfect Advent read! Her solution: running away. Well, actually running to that makes much more sense to her. Thus, she decides to leave home and hide away in the M Aaawww.

Thus, she decides to leave home and hide away in the Met the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC until her family has learned their lesson. Since she'll need funds to do that, she decides to take her brother Jaimie on the trip as well. What a bonding experience this turns out to be for the two! They make it to the museum and live there until a mysterious but gorgeous statue is sold to the museum cheaply. They are convinced it's by the famous sculptor Michelangelo but then why was it so cheap?! The two decide to investigate and thus meet the titular Mrs.

Frankweiler who has not just one secret that the two need to discover. A wonderful adventure for young and old full of wit Claudia's plan really was genius and she really had thought of everything and charm and a lot of funny scenes!

I chuckled regularly and was delighted from start to finish. This should be heralded as a classic that everyone should know! For his autumnal yet incandescent family tragicomedy, The Royal Tenenbaums , Wes Anderson drew inspiration from a handful of literary works remarkably possessed of whimsy and insightful wit.

Chief among these is the late J. Anderson did the same, that is, cutting out a scene from a beloved book and stitching it into his film, to the Newbery Medal-winning novel by E. Frankweiler , did. Considering her very low tolerance for discomfort, she chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as her hideaway, and considering her very low supply of money, she persuades her penny-pinching brother, Jamie, to join her.

With the snazzy art museum as their home-cum-playground, sister and brother make the most out of their newfound freedom, and Konigsburg, via Mrs. Frankweiler, seems to make the experience of being away from the safety and convenience afforded by home a tad too easy and pleasant for her protagonists, who attempt to live on less than twenty-five dollars and a few sets of clothes for God knows how long in the Met, an otherwise comfortable dwelling place.

They hide in the bathrooms at opening and closing time to evade the museum personnel, sleep in ancient canopy beds while pretending to be 16th-century monarchs, bathe in the restaurant fountain while picking up wish coins to add to their dwindling funds, and mingle with visitors for their daily dose of art history.

And so, even as they bicker mildly about mostly trivial matters, they become thick as thieves. Frankweiler, who at old age has amassed great wisdom and a great deal of items for her art collection besides, as a newspaper article Claude and Jamie chance upon states and as the proud octogenarian herself boasts around the time she finally enters the story as a supporting but not insignificant character while retaining her role as narrator, of course.

But as they go about their kid detective work they, Claudia especially, unknowingly encounter a path towards self-discovery, and Mixed-Up Files ultimately becomes fixed on an eye-opening search for what makes a person different and beautiful inside--a living work of art, in other words.

Mixed-Up Files is structurally a written account addressed to Mrs. Feb 24, Alex rated it it was amazing Shelves: new-york-literary-biography , But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything.

And you can feel it inside you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you.

You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It's hollow. Siblings "I think you should learn, of course, and some days you must learn a great deal. Siblings Claudia and Jamie run away together and live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a week, uncovering a Michelangelo-related mystery and, along the way, learning a few things about family, grammar, and the joy of knowing secrets. No one notices no one.

The two children have only the dimmest sense of the panic they've thrown their parents into; they break into a museum repeatedly; and they cheerfully throw backpacks into sarcophagi and sleep in historically valuable beds. They also steal. Children who follow their advice will be very bad children. In addition, it's logistically improbable that any of this would work.

Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time.

They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home. And it's a wonderful New York book, no less today than it was in And of the two thousand who do, about one thousand will be standing in line waiting to do it. Sep 04, Hilary rated it liked it Shelves: art , female-author-or-illustrator , adventure , children-without-adults , runaways. We expected to like this book a lot, on the whole we liked it, we found it well written and it kept us guessing what would happen.

We enjoyed the start, the planning of running away was fun. The idea of running away to a museum really appealed to us, when I was small I so wanted to spend a night in a museum and look around whilst it was dark and quiet, so I was really looking forward to this part. We were both full of admiration that these runaways had remembered to take their musical instruments We expected to like this book a lot, on the whole we liked it, we found it well written and it kept us guessing what would happen.

We were both full of admiration that these runaways had remembered to take their musical instruments, full kudos for keeping up the practise whilst on the run view spoiler [ oh it was a trick to stow away their clothes on a music lesson day hide spoiler ] We read this as a read aloud and after the beginning which we enjoyed it went a bit flat for us.

For some reason we thought this might have some night time adventures in, but it didn't. I thought there might be some sort of magic or time slip or some interaction with history or art but there wasn't.

The mystery of Angel didn't really interest either of us view spoiler [ it didn't interest us if Michael Angelo made the statue or someone else did really, if we liked something it would make it no more appealing to us to be made by someone famous, although we did like the way the evidence tied in with the will and why Mrs Basil. Frankweiler was narrating the story and talking to her solicitor.

Frankweiler again, we liked her hide spoiler ] View all 14 comments. Sep 23, Emma Giordano marked it as to-read. When I was in elementary school, my entire grade watched the movie adaptation of this book in the auditorium together. I could not remember the name for the life of me, and I'm so happy I stumbled upon it! I MUST read this soon. Jan 29, Rebecca Grace rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Anyone who wants to get kids excited about art.

Shelves: fiction , children-s-books. I read this years ago as a child and just finished re-reading it with my 7-year-old son. It actually touched off a lot of interesting discussions about what has changed and what has stayed the same in the years since the book was first published in my son piped up with all kinds of objections throughout the book, like "what about the motion detectors and the lasers around the art?

Of course today admission is no longer free at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, no one is allowed to bring i I read this years ago as a child and just finished re-reading it with my 7-year-old son. Of course today admission is no longer free at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, no one is allowed to bring in backpacks and instrument cases, and it took me a good 20 minutes to explain to my son what a typewriter was and how it's different from a computer keyboard.

Given these dramatic changes in technology and security, it's even more to Mrs. Konigsberg's credit that her book has endured throughout the decades, remaining as relevant and compelling as ever to each new generation of children and inspiring their interest in museums and art history.

There is a terrific issue of Museum Kids available for free download on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's web site, written for kids, that includes an article written by the author about how she was inspired to write the book, as well as follow-up information to help kids find the different exhibits described in the book. It also tells which exhibits have been changed or removed, including the restaurant fountain which now resides in South Carolina. Nov 22, Rachel Hartman rated it it was amazing.

I rated this five stars a long time ago, out of pure nostalgia, without really remembering much about the book beyond "they stayed in the museum.

No question. The plot is so subtle, compared with so much of what is being published now! But wow these kids are individuals. Wow they talk like real humans and have a real and wonderful relationship with each other.

My son described Mrs. F I rated this five stars a long time ago, out of pure nostalgia, without really remembering much about the book beyond "they stayed in the museum. Frankweiler herself as "half forensic scientist, half philosopher. It's so subtle, I was afraid my son would be bored or wouldn't get it, but he loved it. Really loved it. It was such a wonderful thing to read aloud together.

These are the times he'll remember, I hope. I certainly want to hold those moments tightly in my heart. View 2 comments. Mar 05, Drew rated it really liked it Shelves: middle-grade. This was a ridiculously charming little book. I think the thing that made it such a great children's book even though I'm definitely not the target audience was because I really grew to care for the main characters, Claudia and Jamie.

Reading about them getting into scrapes and going on adventures filled me with a warm and fuzzy feeling. Claudia and Jamie had a wonderful sister-brother relationship that was portrayed realistically. While they teased and got annoyed by one another, they also grew c This was a ridiculously charming little book.

While they teased and got annoyed by one another, they also grew closer over the course of the novel and were constantly looking out for each other. They pack their clothes in a trumpet case and take the train to New York where they hide out in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This was so heartwarming and was just the kind of uplifting story I needed. I read it while sipping a cup of tea and couldn't have had a more enjoyable reading experience. I liked how the ending was satisfactory without getting too sentimental. While it never became philosophical, Claudia and Jamie were able to bring back memories from my childhood and filled my heart with a longing for adventure.

Jul 24, Deb Readerbuzz Nance rated it liked it Shelves: children-s-books , kids , newbery. I grew impatient with this book. Why did Claudia want to run away? If it was her family that was the problem, why did she take one of her brothers along?

The whole story is written as if Mrs. The resolution of the story seemed too easy Mrs. F already had a document that solved the mystery. Claudia and her brother seem oblivious to the pain and fear they have inflicted on their parents. And for what?

A rather unsatisfying week spent in a museum? What was it Claudia wanted? To be a celebrity? To be recognized? F promised Claudia would satisfy her in those ways. Aug 29, Jessica Woodbury rated it really liked it Shelves: read-aloud. I enjoyed this one more than the kids, it's an odd little book. The central story does capture the imagination of a child like few can, but the trappings are so fussy and odd.

I think the narrative device the titular Mrs. Frankweiler has a first-person narration confused the kids, and I don't think they really connected with the themes of secrets and adventure. There are some very complex ideas here.

But all those things work beautifully for adults and after you read it as a child all those th I enjoyed this one more than the kids, it's an odd little book. But all those things work beautifully for adults and after you read it as a child all those things fall away and you just remember the magic. I related to this book as a child, myself the oldest of four children in a house that was too loud for my liking.

Claudia is a stickler and so was I. Neither of my children is much like Claudia, though, and it's that specific personality type that is this book's ideal reader.

In fact, I may be this book's ideal reader right now, as an adult who remembers it fondly. On the other hand, the kids loved the stuff about the museum and I wished we still lived close by so they could see it.

View all 3 comments. Dec 09, Bradley rated it really liked it Shelves: ya , shelf , traditional-fiction. When we get right down to it, this short YA novel from the late '60s has everything a bookworm needs while growing up. A little rebellion, a little running away, and a lot of time spent in a museum. You know, the kind of thing that absolutely leads to heroin and smack. These troubled kids.

A spiritual successor? Definitely worth the read. Jul 12, Liza Fireman rated it really liked it Shelves: read-from-shelf , ebook , shelf Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, but she is not the one to run away without a plan, and she is not the one to run to the woods. It is too dirty, too hard, and she has some classy dreams. She decides to take her brother Jamie yes, she did consider her other brothers, but decided that they are not right for this.

And now, with a plan, she tells her brother that they are running away on Wednesday. Why Wednesday? To her luck, or smart choice, she find out that Jamie is rich. He has a lot of money that will help the two of them in the running away plan, She slips an envelope in the snail mail to tell her parents about the running away, and that please they should not worry or call the FBI.

Oh, yeah, this is Claudia Kincaid for you.