A Room With a View Reviews

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Paul Attanasio
Washington Post
January 4, 2018
If amusing, "A Room With a View" is little more than a lark, a series of skits, a two-hour tribute to the rich British eccentric.
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Variety Staff
Variety
November 19, 2008
A thoroughly entertaining screen adaptation of novelist E.M. Forster's comedy of manners about the Edwardian English upper class at home and abroad, distinguished by superb ensemble acting, intelligent writing and stunning design.
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Geoff Andrew
Time Out
February 9, 2006
Decent, honest, truthful and, dearest of all to Forster, it connects.
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Vincent Canby
New York Times
May 20, 2003
A Room With a View is not only uncharacteristically benign for Forster, but also blithely, elegantly funny, which is a fit description of [this]first-rate film adaptation...
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
January 1, 2000
It is an intellectual film, but intellectual about emotions: It encourages us to think about how we feel, instead of simply acting on our feelings.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4
Sarah Boslaugh
PopMatters
November 23, 2015
...the quintessential Merchant-Ivory film.
Full Review | Original Score: 7/10
Josef Braun
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)
November 17, 2015
The film's charms are many but they are not the sort that resonate with any aspect of human behaviour with which I am familiar. When you get this English, or this Edwardian, or, rather, late Victorian, really, it's like science fiction, I suppose.
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Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
October 10, 2015
A 19-year-old Helena Bonham Carter makes her striking film debut.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Austin Trunick
Under the Radar
October 6, 2015
The highlight [of the film] may be Daniel Day-Lewis going full Urkel as Cecil, Lucy's nebbish fianc.
Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10
Clayton Dillard
Slant Magazine
September 30, 2015
A Room with a View is a film blinded by its consumptive representational methods, but Criterion's 4K Blu-ray masterfully displays what makes Merchant Ivory productions a continued commercial attraction.
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