A Room with a View
Directed by:
James IvoryScreenplay:
Ruth Prawer JhabvalaCinematography:
Tony Pierce-RobertsComposer:
Richard RobbinsCast:
Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Patrick Godfrey, Judi Dench, Fabia Drake, Amanda Walker, Daniel Day-Lewis (more)Plots(1)
When a young Englishwoman named Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) and her spinster chaperone Charlotte (Maggie Smith) travel to Italy, they become acquainted with a free-spirited and unconventional Englishman named Mr. Emerson (Denholm Elliot), and his enigmatic and romantically unhappy son, George (Julian Sands). After George kisses Lucy during a picnic in the Florentine hills, Charlotte rushes her back to England. Safely home, Lucy becomes engaged to her stiff and very proper fiancé Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis). After finding out the Emersons have moved close by, Lucy has a hard time ignoring her attraction to the unsuitable George, and must wrestle with her inner romantic longings and choose between passion and convention. Nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1986 and winner of three, A Room with a View is the film that defined Merchant-Ivory as the masters of the romantic period piece and this brilliant adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel ranks as their very finest work. (Umbrella Entertainment)
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As a romance it's not that surprising, but as a historical film it's very good and very entertaining. You will also like how relationships can be asexual and how even a kiss can mean a lot. And one passionate kiss can mean everything. The acting is excellent, that's what this movie is primarily about, because otherwise, it would just be another romantic drama, albeit, true, an entertaining one.
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The combination of Ivory and Forster seems to be very popular. This is a mature, interesting and even engaging work. The debuting Bonham Carter gives a hint of all her future qualities, and the cohort of co-stars are firmly established in the cramped confines of their roles - there's an old-fashioned Maggie, an emancipated Judi, and a traditionally Stanislavsky-armed Daniel Day-Lewis. If you enjoy heritage films, you will be very satisfied.
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