
A Room With a View
1986, Drama, 1h 55m
35 Reviews 25,000+ RatingsWhat to know
critics consensus
The hard edges of E.M. Foster novel maybe sanded off, but what we get with A Room with a View is an eminently entertaining comedy with an intellectual approach to love. Read critic reviews
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Movie Info
In this British drama based on the novel by E.M. Forster, Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter), a young Englishwoman, is touring Italy with her older cousin (Maggie Smith). At a hotel in Florence, Lucy meets the charming and free-spirited George Emerson (Julian Sands). Although intrigued by George, once she's back in England Lucy ponders settling down with the wealthy, staid Cecil Vyse (Daniel Day-Lewis). When George reappears in her life, Lucy must decide between him and Cecil.
Cast & Crew
Helena Bonham Carter
Lucy Honeychurch
Lucy Honeychurch
Maggie Smith
Charlotte Bartlett, a chaperon
Charlotte Bartlett, a chaperon
Julian Sands
George Emerson
George Emerson
Denholm Elliott
Mr. Emerson, an English tourist
Mr. Emerson, an English tourist
Daniel Day-Lewis
Cecil Vyse
Cecil Vyse
Simon Callow
The Reverend Mr. Beebe
The Reverend Mr. Beebe
Critic Reviews for A Room With a View
Audience Reviews for A Room With a View
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Mar 03, 2014Helena Bonham Carter has the big big 80s hair and of course the acting ability to match wits with Maggie Smith and Daniel Day Lewis. A Merchant-Ivory period piece yes..but one with some heart to it.John B Super Reviewer
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Dec 17, 2012Lovely movie. Saw it this time on DVD and it was a splendid way to pass a dreary Sunday afternoon. I love Mr. B, the preacher, the best. Helena Bonham Carter is, of course, the coolest with Maggie Smith a close second.Bathsheba M Super Reviewer
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Jul 07, 2012A young woman falls for a man during her vacation in Italy, but social pressures and his passionate nature make a fop the more socially acceptable choice. Daniel Day-Lewis can play tough, gruff, evil characters like Bill the Butcher and Daniel Plainview and even the sexually voracious Tomas, but can he play an upper-class fop? Yes, he can. The man's range is extraordinary. This film is everything that is good and bad about a Merchant/Ivory production. It's opulent, classic, and essentially British, but it's also occasionally boring, making the most of the most trifling conflicts. Part of this is film's inability as a medium to make compelling commonplace disagreements in a way that is unique to books, but Ivory's direction, distant shots of four or more characters, accentuates the germane nature of the film's tiny conflicts -- about a room with a view, the settling of accounts, and a writer's fictionalizing of a character's dalliance. Overall, if you like Merchant/Ivory films, then you've probably already seen this one, and if you don't, this isn't much different from the rest.Jim H Super Reviewer
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Feb 07, 2012Nice movie. Not my favorite of this genre, but satisfying. A little slow.Cynthia S Super Reviewer
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