Brideshead Revisited

Miramax Films | Release Date: July 25, 2008

5.7	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Ratings

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SebZ.Oct 5, 2008

Emma Thompson is absolutely amazing and the story of forbidden love and loss of innocence is beautifully told.

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BradKAug 10, 2008

The performances are spot on and the design and cinematography are reason alone to see the film.

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MatthewM.Jan 31, 2009

Fantastic period piece. A beautifully tragic story where religion, dying victorian values, social ambition, and a vastly changing world in the early 20th century are at odds.

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MauriceAug 14, 2008

May be not as great as the TV series, but it is still a very good movie. Great performances, particularly Emma Thompson. Beautiful cinematography and art direction.

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DawdlingPoetNov 25, 2021

As gentle period dramas focussing on social/class issues go, this one is perfectly ok, with some good performances and settings. Its not a film I found especially remarkable or memorable but its not utterly uninteresting and I quite likedAs gentle period dramas focussing on social/class issues go, this one is perfectly ok, with some good performances and settings. Its not a film I found especially remarkable or memorable but its not utterly uninteresting and I quite liked some of the classical music played and so on. I thought Ben Whishaw gave a particularly good performance and I'd say this is a decent enough Sunday evening type period/costume drama film, set in the 1940s. Its somewhat immersive, if not overly memorable as such but I didn't feel I was entirely bored, which is probably the main thing. I couldn't help but think what 'first world problems' were mentioned during the film - that's a given, of course. It does, however, become somewhat poignant after a while. I should point out that at times characters speak quite quietly (softly spoken) - whispering, just about, so if you have issues hearing then you may find it hard to follow in full, which could be frustrating. Religion is also mentioned, which may or may not bother people.

There is some dialogue that I thought was quite good, so overall I would recommend this pleasant enough watch, yes.… Expand

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