Review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) by Miriam B — 21 Aug 2008

Can't turn down an English Estate and countryside....movie plot was good but a bit too long!

This review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) was written by Miriam B on 21 Aug 2008.

Brideshead Revisited has generally received mixed reviews.

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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 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 Choomtabi31 (197) on 28 Feb 2016

Stunning movie, great acting, great storyline, but sometimes too much sadness. Watch it here for free: https://www.primewire…

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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 Carlos M (2,069) on 04 Jul 2016

While this film has stunning production values and a great cast, I cannot recommend any film which does such a terrible disservice to its source…

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By Albert Williams (13) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Dec 2014

Julian Jarrold's adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel isn't entirely faithful, but it conveys the book's universal themes…

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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 Mark B (2,206) on 26 Apr 2013

Lush, depressing, picturesque, Downton Abby-ish, British drama…

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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 Heather M (2,904) on 25 Sep 2013

The nuances and complexities of the novel weren't translated well into the movie, leaving it dull and one dimensional…

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