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(1 - 18) of 18 OFCS Rating: 61% Fresh Page   1   4/5 "Merchant/Ivory with a fastidious political viewpoint"   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron 8/10 "Themes of religious oppression, particularly of gay people, are especially pointed and unfortunately still relevant enough today to sting."   AfterElton.com   Brian Juergens B+ "Facing incredible odds against it, this pass at conquering Brideshead is a worthy offering to the period-piece gods, presenting British aristocracy with the perfect edge of contempt."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 2.5/4 "This new Brideshead takes a step in the right direction, but it's time some radical writer or filmmaker dared to leave out the dim Julia charade and let Charles and Sebastian play out their Isherwood/Auden Oxford love match to its full."   Slant Magazine   Dan Callahan B "The costume period piece never amounts to more than middle-brow soap opera fluff, but it's enjoyable on its own terms even if not exactly Waugh."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz C+ "A very handsome period picture....But it's an almost perversely wrongheaded adaptation of the book."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A sophisticated and well-acted screen version of Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel about the toxic fallout from a Catholicism of sin, sacrifice, guilt, and otherworldliness."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "For those with an affinity for this kind of movie -- and you know whether this applies to you -- Brideshead Revisited is a worthy, although not superior, motion picture."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/5 "The events in the film felt rushed and overly obvious, as if Harry Potter's adopted parents dressed him in an "Ask me about wizardry" t-shirt before Hagrid ever turned up."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B "...concentrates on the Charles-Sebastian-Julia story to the detriment of many supporting players but without losing the novel's religious themes."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford B "The film has all the appropriate period flourishes in production design, costume, makeup and hair. It is a stately piece of work that hits most of its marks."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[I]t's rather like its protagonist, Charles Ryder: really quite handsome to look at but so damn tedious and somber that you want to smack some sense into him."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/5 "In trying to wrestle the story into a workable running time, the film has taken a greatest hits approach to the material that recreates the best-known moments but which lacks all of the nuance and detail of either the book or the miniseries."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 2.5/5 "This new version of the Evelyn Waugh tale of conflicts in class, sexuality and religion is more about the sumptuous imagery than the provocative subtext."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 8/10 "Intelligently adapted and impeccably directed with superb performances, it's a pensive, melancholy evocation of the far-better mini-series that's now available on DVD."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 6/10 "It's been fussed over until there's not an inch of life left in the thing, just the glassy pleasures of an instant museum piece."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf C- Read review   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus  (1 - 18) of 18 OFCS Rating: 61% Fresh Page   1