Howards End (1992)
Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The splendid cast embodies the characters so fully that the events actually seem to be happening to them, instead of unfolding from a screenplay.
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The New York Times Vincent Canby
Merchant, Ivory and Jhabvala triumph again with their entertaining, richly textured film. [13 March 1992]
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Washington Post Rita Kempley
Merchant and Ivory have regathered many of the cast and crew from their earlier films to work on this reproduction to exquisite effect.
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Because it is confident of its story and its powers, “Howards End” takes the time to establish itself, to allow its characters the space to demonstrate subtlety and complexity.
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90
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Variety
Perhaps the best film made during the 30-year partnership of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory.
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90
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Incisively witty, provocative and acted to perfection, this sublime entertainment is a career peak for producer Ismail Merchant, director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
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90
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The New Yorker
A handsome and intelligent piece of work: a faithful, well-paced, and carefully crafted dramatization of a very good story.
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78
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Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
The performances in this costume drama are wonderful.
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TV Guide Magazine
The filmmakers have allowed themselves an overlong 140 minutes in order to preserve as much of the plot as possible, but they have bypassed many of the novel's key ideas and ironies.
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60
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Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
This is the apotheosis of Classics Illustrated filmmaking, aiming at nothing more than tasteful reduction, and the fact that it's done so well here doesn't mean that it's necessarily worth doing.
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