Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox
This excellent film is probably best described as subtle elegance. Framed in the present, the movie deals with the lives inside an English country home just prior to World War II. Reunited with the f...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 6, 2001
Stats: 1,034 reviews
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November 20, 2008
"A man cannot call himself work contented, until he has done all he can, to be of service to his employer." ~Mr. Stevens
Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins reunite in this movie after Howards End. Mr. Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) is a butler and an institution by himself at Darlingt...( read more) -
June 14, 2008
Movie about an English country home just prior to World War II and it's occupants. Great cast.
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June 24, 2007
A very slow, rather boring period drama. Where not a lot happens in a country house in the period leading up to the war.
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June 23, 2007
Flawless performances by Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson amidst a plot that is both personal and political. This is an important movie if ever there was one.
The broken narrative is not the directorial choice I would have made, but it doesn't really have much of an effect on t...( read more) -
November 20, 2009
Lets show those gentlemen that here in England order and tradition still prevail.
Anthony Hopkins.. you are the best. -
November 2, 2009
i've seen this before...but having just finished the book itself for the first time, sumptuous in it's love for the much harried of late English language, i can't wait to see it again...
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September 18, 2009
The film is very complex, but tends occasionally to be very elegant and mature for the topic that is being treated. A wonderful cast (f$ck Hugh Grant) add an extra nice taste for this exquisite and modest little gem.
72/100
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