Merchant Ivory

Name: Merchant Ivory
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 30, 2024
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Emma Thompson, Felicity Kendal, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Grant, Ismail Merchant

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Cohen Media Group | Release Date: August 30, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Emma Thompson, Felicity Kendal, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Grant, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Richard Robbins, Tama Janowitz, Vanessa Redgrave

Summary: Merchant Ivory is a tribute to the Merchant Ivory partnership, anchored by interviews with James Ivory and forty-one Merchant Ivory close collaborators detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the “wandering company” helmed by legendary producer Ismail Merchant.

Director: Stephen Soucy

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 112 min

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Bradley Gibson

Nov 16, 2023

Soucy’s documentary joyfully fulfills the mission of educating and entertaining, infused with the tremendous delight and loyalty of all those who worked with this seemingly magical production group. Read full review

Tara Brady

Dec 4, 2024

More analysis of the films would have enriched this entertaining chronicle, but it remains a rollicking account of the most important movie partnership since Powell and Pressburger. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Dec 6, 2024

This documentary includes witty and insightful interviews with MI stalwarts like Thompson and Hugh Grant; it is a great pleasure to watch and will send people back to Merchant Ivory films themselves, particularly perhaps their Quartet (1981) and The Golden Bowl (2000). Read full review

Zachary Barnes

Aug 31, 2024

The documentary gets by on its interviews, archival footage and fascinating subjects, who in some respects always seemed like stalwarts of a fusty tradition. Read full review

The Times Kevin Maher

Dec 6, 2024

The film ends far too neatly and with a speedy pass over the failures, but there is much here to savour. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Sep 2, 2024

Like many documentaries of this sort, “Merchant Ivory” opts to be a survey without a thesis — informative, even engaging, but lacking an argument that might drive the documentary itself forward. Read full review

Marina Ashioti

Dec 10, 2024

The duo’s Indian collaborators are largely absent though, and it all comes together in a rather shallow, often frustrating attempt to bottle up a significant piece of late 20th century film history, devoid of that touch of Merchant Ivory movie magic. Read full review

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