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Brideshead Revisited

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Brideshead Revisited
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PG13,2hrs 14min
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July 25, 2008
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Miramax Films
Synopsis: Evelyn Waugh's classic novel of love and the British class system has been given a polished screen adaptation in this film version from director Julian Jarrold. Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) was raised in a middle-class household and though he's never known want and is fortunate enough to have been accepted into Oxford, the life of the upper class is foreign to him. While serving in the British Army during the waning days of World War II, Charles is assigned to a temporary base set up on the estate ... Full Synopsis
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The film is plush and passionate and graced with elegant performances. Best is that of Emma Thompson as Brideshead's matriarch, Lady Marchmain, who resembles a cross between Helen Mirren's Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict. Full Review
Metascore
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64
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Julia Flyte
Sebastian
Charles Ryder
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Ben Whishaw, left, and Matthew Goode in "Brideshead Revisited" (Miramax Films)
Emma Thompson in "Brideshead Revisited" (Miramax Films)
Ben Whishaw in "Brideshead Revisited" (Miramax Films)
Matthew Goode, left, Hayley Atwell and Ben Whishaw in "Brideshead Revisited" (Miramax Films)
Hayley Atwell, center, in "Brideshead Revisited" (Miramax Films)
Matthew Goode in "Brideshead Revisited" (Miramax Films)
Matthew Goode, left, Hayley Atwell and Ben Whishaw in "Brideshead Revisited" (Miramax Films)
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