Brief Encounter

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Stephanie Brief Encounter was excellent. The cinematic elements of the film deserved an Oscar! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Irene M Can't believe I've never seen before. So well-acted, with just one look the leads tell an entire story. Watched it because David Lean was the director (we had recently seen Bridge on the River Kwai). Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/10/24 Full Review Lars N Well acted and directed, sweet and melancholic. A beautiful arch type for the-one-that-got-away natives. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/24/24 Full Review David H Good story, interesting characters. I especially enjoyed the scenes of 1940s England. I hadn't realized Boots was originally a bookstore. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/13/24 Full Review Normal D Brief Encounter is a film that utilizes sure handed direction and perfect performances to engagingly animate a dark and dryly hilarious script. Melodramatic, intriguing, charged with chemistry and propelled forward by immaculate editing, the film is an immensely entertaining look at the complexities of romantic love, from a woman's point of view. Our heroin, or perhaps anti-heroine, is fascinatingly rendered, and her relatable motivations and failures play out against a cast of equally fascinating side characters, who's parts are very beautifully written and performed. The film is able to, with a very small and simple story, elicit thoughts about society, monogamy, ethics, morals, lust, manipulation, and trust. Beautiful to look at, with a pitch perfect score, Brief Encounter is the kind of film that made me lean forward in my chair while watching, and cackle and slap my lap, and then feel really sad. It's a ride. I liked it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/07/23 Full Review Iain M Has to be in the top 3 British movies of all time. The story is a masterpiece in emotional supression, what might have been, what they really wanted to say and do. Both main roles are superbly underplayed by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard respectively, but you know I think the real hero of the story is Fred - watch it and perhaps you will catch my drift. Incidentally, the action takes place around a railway station platform cafe, which is actually Carnforth Railway Station, and there is now a cafe and museum there where you can re-live the film. (They also do an excellent bacon and egg roll.) Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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