Review of A Room with a View (1986) by Mikhail B — 05 Feb 2012
A moderately amusing love story placed partly in the old England's suburb, and partly in the picturesque Italy with the underlying conflict between sincerity and playfulness of love and obligations and conditionalities of societal expectations.
A young lady (Helena Bonham Carter) can't recognise and accept her love to an extravagant young man she had met in Italy and insists on marrying a 'suitable' fiance in England until her lying to herself and others become apparent to all.
In my humble opinion, Helena Bonham Carter doesn't appear quite suitable for the role of the protagonist, she's a wonderful actres in almost all of her films, but she can't quit being a childish, simple girl with active mimics, while the role urges her to play passion hidden behind flawless manners and restraint.
Her performance appears even worse when compared to Simon Callow who superbly plays a rogue vicar whose understandable weaknesses greatly overweight his alliance to priesthood. Elaborately designed comments placed in between the episodes, like in the old movies, are worth a mention.
This review of A Room with a View (1986) was written by Mikhail B on 05 Feb 2012.
A Room with a View has generally received very positive reviews.
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