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Brideshead Revisited

2008

Julian Jarrold

Michael Gambon, Emma Thompson, Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw ...

6.1

2,996

Drama. Romance The memoirs of Captain Charles Ryder who is stationed at Brideshead Castle during WWII and remembers his involvement with the owners of the Brideshead estate: the aristocratic yet Catholic Flyte family and in particular brother and sister Sebastian and Julia.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"While elegantly mounted and well acted, the movie is not the equal of the TV production (...) But it is a good, sound example of the British period drama (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"[A] lazy, complacent film, which takes the novel’s name in vain."	NEG
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"'Brideshead Revisited' offers lush and compelling drama drawn from Evelyn Waugh's beloved novel (...) Goode provides a fine center of gravity"	POS
United States	Sam Adams AV Club	"It's a movie of its own, not merely an attempt to cram as much of its source as possible within the confines of a theatrical feature."	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"Dull, perfunctory and moderately efficient (...) What we miss is any equivalent of the rich fibre of Waugh’s prose"	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The result, while not faithful in the strictest sense to the novel, allows the basic story to remain intact and exhibits respect for the characters (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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