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Brideshead Revisited (2008)
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Reviews Counted:127
Fresh:81
Rotten:46
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Suspenseful and beautifully mounted, Brideshead Revisited does an able job condensing Evelyn Waugh’s novel.
Theatrical Release:Jul 25, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $6,359,742
Synopsis: Though director Julian Jarrold's adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel BRIDESHEAD REVISITED spans decades and continents, it's a taut film that never drags and can excite contemporary audiences.... [More]
Starring: Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson
Director: Julian Jarrold
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Reviews for Brideshead Revisited
A bleak and often befuddling 2-hour-15-minute disappointment.
08/14/09
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05/13/09
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04/23/09
slow and beautiful, rather than intense, dramatic and insightful
04/04/09
it still has the high-class dramatic feel you'd expect from something you would have watched on PBS twenty years ago
03/05/09
Occasionally interesting, always beautiful and regularly tedious, the film attempts to capture a time and a feeling yet it ultimately fails to provide the depth needed to make it wholly successful.
01/25/09
Certainly passable, but less than spectacular, Brideshead Revisited is an authentic and decent adaptation of a well-known novel, but nothing more.
01/07/09
The events in the film felt rushed and overly obvious, as if Harry Potter's adopted parents dressed him in an "Ask me about wizardry" t-shirt before Hagrid ever turned up.
11/09/08
Those with warm memories of the BBC television serial in the 1980s will find much in this Brideshead to enjoy.
10/31/08
Even if the material is familiar, even if it has been done well before, there is room in a great book for a new interpretation.
10/31/08
It’s as if Waugh’s story has been filtered through the spiritual blindness of young Charles. The movie sees, but it doesn’t understand.
10/29/08
With all its failings, this is an intelligent, critical film about religious faith, and that in itself is a rare achievement.
10/24/08
The look and feel is just about right, and the dialogue and acting are enjoyably sharp. This new version of the classic deserves a fair hearing in its own right.
10/24/08
A timely update on a deserving classic.
10/24/08
Directed by Julian Jarrold from a script by Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock, this new adaptation adroitly condenses Waugh's plot while eliminating or reversing most of his intended meanings.
10/24/08
At just over two hours, the film naturally feels a bit cramped and the most interesting elements are given fairly short shrift.
10/24/08
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10/18/08
Evelyn Waugh's greatest novel gets a respectable new film treatment from a team of Britain 's biggest names, although it will inevitably remain in the shadow of the 1981 TV series.
10/18/08
Thompson's work is especially dazzling because the mean, sanctimonious character is so clearly alien to the actress.
10/18/08
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