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Brideshead Revisited

Play trailer Poster for Brideshead Revisited PG-13,  2008,  2h 14m,  Drama/ Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 61% 134 Reviews Tomatometer 52% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
61% Tomatometer 134 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw), Oxford student Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to Brideshead, the ancestral home, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell). However, as Charles' ties to Sebastian and family deepen, he finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.
Brideshead Revisited

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Critics Consensus

Suspenseful and beautifully mounted, Brideshead Revisited does an able job condensing Evelyn Waugh's novel.

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Evan Williams The Australian Oct 31, 2008
3.5/5
Those with warm memories of the BBC television serial in the 1980s will find much in this Brideshead to enjoy. Go to Full Review
Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald Oct 31, 2008
4/5
Even if the material is familiar, even if it has been done well before, there is room in a great book for a new interpretation. Go to Full Review
Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Oct 29, 2008
C-
It's as if Waugh's story has been filtered through the spiritual blindness of young Charles. The movie sees, but it doesn't understand. Go to Full Review
Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Jan 31, 2021
3/5
Sourced from sixty years old material featuring spats, snoods and Model Ts but its themes of religious fundamentalism, pursuit of individualism and happiness, sexual tolerance and class are as current as anything on screens at your local multi-plex. Go to Full Review
Jason Best What's On TV Nov 13, 2020
A miscast Emma Thompson in a white wig is the story's steely enforcer of Catholic orthodoxy... She's such a monster that the film comes perilously close to turning into an Invasion of the Soul Snatchers. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 4, 2020
3.0/4.0
The strongest performance may very well belong to Emma Thompson, who manages to turn Lady Marchmain into both a disturbing yet surprisingly sympathetic woman. Go to Full Review
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Hagrid R Jun 17, 2018 what the fuck was all that about?
Finn P Apr 8, 2018 Beautifully directed and excellently acted film with a melancholy feel of dying world that draws the viewer in as it does Charles, obsessed with what will soon be gone. Although Brideshead (and the real Castle Howard) are lovely to look at from the outside, that beauty is cold and ensnares those who live there with an unhappiness that ends up destroying them them all and Charles is left still an outsider, still longing to be really a part of this world he coveted. See more
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Julian Jarrold

Director

Matthew Goode

Charles Ryder

Hayley Atwell

Julia Flyte

Ben Whishaw

Sebastian Flyte

Emma Thompson

Lady Marchmain

Michael Gambon

Lord Marchmain

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Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited (2008) Matthew Goode as Charles Ryder, Hayley Atwell as Julia Flyte, and Ben Whishaw as Sebastian Flyte. View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Befriended by aristocrat Sebastian Flyte (Ben Whishaw), Oxford student Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) finds that the power and privilege experienced by the family is seductive. On a visit to Brideshead, the ancestral home, he falls in love with his friend's sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell). However, as Charles' ties to Sebastian and family deepen, he finds himself at odds with their strong Roman Catholicism.
Director
Julian Jarrold
Producer
Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader
Screenwriter
Jeremy Brock, Andrew Davies
Distributor
Miramax Films, Concorde Filmverleih
Production Co
Miramax, Ecosse Films, UK Film Council
Rating
PG-13 (Some Sexual Content)
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 25, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.4M
Runtime
2h 14m
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