Review of The Remains of the Day (1993) by Dirigiblepulp — 21 Apr 2017

This film truly envelopes you in its world. It is immaculately constructed and warms you in an atmosphere of such a specific time and place you feel wholly part of it. I just wish I felt the same way about the "romance" at the center of this.

It's not that I didn't buy it I just never felt it and I get that Hopkins (who gives a greatly restrained and impassioned performance) is supposed to be withholding but I didn't get the fierce devotion that seemingly developed between him and Thompson.

There are some gorgeously composed and affecting scenes at the end but they feel separate from the whole.