Maurice (1987)
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90% of critics liked it
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82% of users liked it
(6,789 ratings)
Director James Ivory brings his subdued, "Masterpiece Theater" style to a forbidden subject -- homosexual love. Maurice is based on E.M. Forster's suppressed 1914 novel that was held back from publication until after his death. The film takes place at Cambridge, before World War I,… More Director James Ivory brings his subdued, "Masterpiece Theater" style to a forbidden subject -- homosexual love. Maurice is based on E.M. Forster's suppressed 1914 novel that was held back from publication until after his death. The film takes place at Cambridge, before World War I, when homosexuality was outlawed in Great Britain. Clive (Hugh Grant), an aristocratic Englishman with a life of privilege, suddenly shocks his close friend Maurice (James Wilby) by declaring his love for him. Maurice is initially stunned by the pronouncement, but in the end finds himself giving Clive a passionate kiss and telling him that he loves him as well. Clive, in the stiff-upper-lip British manner, considers their love to be more of an intellectual concept, but Maurice becomes passionate about the affair. Clive, afraid of being exposed as a homosexual, backs off and breaks up with Maurice for marriage, family, and politics. Maurice is crestfallen, but then he has a passionate affair with Clive's gamekeeper, Scudder (Rupert Graves), and Maurice and Scudder decide to risk their reputations by openly living together as lovers. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Ivory
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Gay & Lesbian
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 1, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- Lorimar Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A beautifully photographed film with top-drawer performances from a fine cast.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
ultimately it keeps us engaged and reasonably entertained
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Probably Merchant-Ivory's best film.
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Cast
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James Wilby
as Maurice Hall
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Hugh Grant
as Clive Durham
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Rupert Graves
as Alec Scudder
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Denholm Elliott
as Dr. Barry
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Simon Callow
as Mr. Ducie
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Billie Whitelaw
as Mrs. Hall
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Ben Kingsley
as Lasker-Jones
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Judy Parfitt
as Mrs. Durham
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Phoebe Nicholls
as Anne Durham
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Mark Tandy
as Risley
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Helena Michell
as Ada Hall
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Kitty Aldridge
as Kitty Hall
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Patrick Godfrey
as Simcox
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Michael Jenn
as Archie
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Barry Foster
as Dean Cornwalis
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Peter Eyre
as Mr. Borenius
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Catherine Rabett
as Pippa Durham
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Orlando Wells
as Young Maurice
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Helena Bonham Carter
as BonhamYoung Lady at Cricket Match
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Maria Britneva
as Mrs. Sheepshanks
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Philip Fox
as Dr. Jowitt
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Breffni McKenna
as Breffni/Guardsman
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Mark Payton
as Chapman
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Mathew Sim
as Fetherstonhaugh
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Andrew St. Clair
as Undergraduate
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Rick Warner
as Judge
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Chris Hunter
as Fred Scudder
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John Elmes
as Hill
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Alan Foss
as Old Man at Train
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Olwen Griffiths
as Mrs. Scudder
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Gerald McArthur
as Undergraduate
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Miles Richarson
as Undergraduate
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Philada Sewell
as Matron
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Harriet Thorpe
as Barmaid
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Julian Wadham
as Hull
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Alan Whybrow
as Mr. Scudder
