Review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) by Andrea L — 11 Feb 2009

Interesting story, melancholic but never reaches the realms of tragedy that other films of the same genre belong to, e.g. Atonement and The English Patient.

This review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) was written by Andrea L on 11 Feb 2009.

Brideshead Revisited has generally received mixed reviews.

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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 Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 16 Mar 2016

It's a great piece of work in a movie that, whatever its failings, deserves to be seen even if you swear undying allegiance to the BBC mini-series…

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By William Arnold (1,101) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 07 Mar 2014

Bound to seem, at best, a kind of CliffsNotes guide to the novel's highlights, especially if the casting is not all that inspired…

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By Sharon A (222) on 27 Nov 2011

I have not seen the TV series, nor did I ever read the book, but I liked this enough. Quite sad in parts…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 21 Apr 2012

The film, a distinctly secular take on Waugh's religiosity, is far more interested in the battle of blind faith vs…

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Offers lush and compelling drama drawn from Evelyn Waugh's beloved novel…

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By Katie B (774) on 07 Apr 2012

This movie was based on a novel. The house looked beautiful. A forbidden love between siblings and a starving artist…

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As gentle period dramas focussing on social/class issues go, this one is perfectly ok, with some good performances and settings…

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By Lovely L (144) on 11 Jun 2012

Decent, if not entirely compelling. It's probably a good 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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