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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 88/100. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,899 1990s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic88/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
610 audience votes
Key crew
- James IvoryDirector
- Richard RobbinsOriginal Music Composer
- Ruth Prawer JhabvalaScreenplay
Cast
- Emma ThompsonMargaret Schlegel
- Helena Bonham CarterHelen Schlegel
- Anthony HopkinsHenry J. Wilcox
- Samuel WestLeonard Bast
- Vanessa RedgraveRuth Wilcox
- Adrian Ross MagentyTibby Schlegel
- Prunella ScalesAunt Juley
- James WilbyCharles Wilcox
- Joseph BennettPaul Wilcox
- Jo KendallAnnie
- Jemma RedgraveEvie Wilcox
- Crispin Bonham-CarterAlbert Fussell
Stills
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Themes
london, englandsibling relationshipcountrysidebased on novel or bookempowermentsisterclass differencesturn of the centuryedwardian england1900swealthy familysister sister relationship
The Best Movies of 1992
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