Review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) by Zubaida N — 21 Jan 2009

I loved the movie , it's amazing. I'm a Ben Whishaw's fan. I adore all his movies.

This review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) was written by Zubaida N on 21 Jan 2009.

Brideshead Revisited has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 09 Oct 2018

Director Julian Jarrold and screenwriters Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock seem to have no idea how to interpret their source material…

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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 Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 09 Nov 2014

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

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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 Lia J (77) on 05 Jul 2011

Holllly crap my cousin is in this movie Hayley Atwell my third cousin I love you cous best movie ever…

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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 Troy K (898) on 14 Jun 2013

4/5 Pretty amazing, although it is slow at times and falters towards the end. Will have to check out the mini-series…

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By Danielle U (100) on 31 Dec 2011

I love me some period drama but this had a lot to live up to and didn't quite get there…

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By Helena M (211) on 11 Jun 2011

A period piece with solid performances and a hidden message about the destructiveness of too much religion. Enjoyable all the same…

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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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