Brideshead Revisited

Love is not ours to control.

A condensed version of the famous novel, this British period drama is set in the years around World War II. It explores issues of class, religion and sex, when a middle-class man has a mostly-platonic relationship with an upper-class male friend, before discovering that his friend's sister was much more interesting. The friend took this badly, seeking refuge in mind-altering substances, while the siblings' mother disapproved of both relationships. However she found herself forced to rely on the lover to get her son back.

133 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Sex).
Drama, On the art circuit

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So who do you love the most?

Credits

Cast	Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Greta Scacchi
Director	Julian Jarrold
Screenplay	eremy Brock, Andrew Davies, based on the novel by Evelyn Waugh
Music	Adrian Johnston
Cinematography	Jess Hall
Editing	Chris Gill
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
SA distributor	Ster-Kinekor
Made in	2008
Produced by	2 Entertain, BBC Films, Ecosse Films, Hanway Films, Screen Yorkshire, UK Film Council

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Very infrequent, mild, low impact
Nudity	Very brief, no close-ups, very frequent, no impact
Sex	Brief scene of implied sex, very frequent, in context.
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer	10
Die Burger Mariana Malan	15
Cape Times Geoffrey McNab	5
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	15
24.com	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert A good, sound example of the British period drama; mid-range Merchant-Ivory, you could say.	15
eye Weekly Adam Nayman Brideshead Revisited is handsomely produced and extremely well-acted.	5
ReelViews James Berardinelli Brideshead Revisited is a worthy, although not superior, motion picture.	15
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Needing more time likely best suited for the mini-series or original novel form.	11
Metacritic.com 32 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 104 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Suspenseful and beautifully mounted, Brideshead Revisited does an able job condensing Evelyn Waugh’s novel.	13
What the People say
Internet 1076 Netizens A great manor house doesn't always translate into a great film	14
Average .. 59%	12