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online.tvguide.com - : Made for only $3 million, this Merchant-Ivory production was nominated for eight Oscars and won three. The droll comedy of manners and morals begins in 1907, when Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) goes off to Italy in the company of Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith), her maiden cousin and spinster chaperone. They arrive in Florence and take up residence at the Pensione Bertolini, where they meet the charming Mr. Emerson (Denholm Elliott) and his son, George (Julian Sands). more...
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4/5
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lookingcloser.org - : James Ivory directs this gentle, poetic, comic film with grace and passion for its characters in this adaptation of the E.M. Forster novel. It's a period masterpiece, and the powerful combined powers of producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory have not made a better film before or since, in my opinion. more...
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A+
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''A Room with a View'' enjoys its storytelling so much that I enjoyed the very process of it. The story moved slowly, it seemed, for the same reason you try to make ice cream last: because it's so good. more...
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4/4
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