Review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) by Carla P — 20 Mar 2009

A failed attempt to re-imagine Evelyn Waugh's novel in cinematic terms. Not godawful, I guess, but doesn't hold a candle to the '80 mini-series.

This review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) was written by Carla P on 20 Mar 2009.

Brideshead Revisited has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Frances H (1,591) on 04 Dec 2016

Obviously it will be difficult to follow the Jeremy Irons/Anthony Andrews series, but this is disappointing. Best thing: read Waugh's superb novel…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Aug 2012

The real question is whether the film moves the Brideshead ball down the playing field in any meaningful way since the acclaimed miniseries…

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By Melanie D (381) on 04 Feb 2012

I haven't read the book or seen the previous TV series, so I can't compare it to those - and maybe that's why my review of the film is more…

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By Alexander C (2,448) on 07 Dec 2012

You don't care about me, all you ever wanted was my sister…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 19 Jul 2012

Overnuanced, a world of delicate cruelty, where most of the wounds take place without breaking the skin or even a sweat…

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By Daniel Mendelsohn (12) for The New York Review of Books (223) on 28 Aug 2018

This Brideshead is less a dramatization than what you might call a melodramatization…

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By Elian D (172) on 03 Jan 2013

This was such a disappointment! The original TV miniseries was so powerful--this was just a shadow of the book and the original TV miniseries…

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By Sarah T (490) on 26 Apr 2012

Kind of has that Atonement feel to it - typical of a period piece - man-of-little-means falls in love with a family of means - intriguing story…

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By Natalie G (416) on 21 Nov 2011

Utter SNOOZE 1 star for Whishaw 1 for Goode and the rest should drown themselves in liquor…

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By Gary B (698) on 26 May 2013

I came to this with some trepidation, thinking that no film could do justice in only two hours what the 1981 TV Series took 12 hours over…

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