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Critic rating 8.7

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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

Howards End, based on the 1910 novel by Forster, is a film seething with anger, passion, greed and emotional violence.

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Critic Angie Errigo
rated 8

Warm and - thankfully - pacey, this tale of tea and tribulations stands as one of the most memorable of Merchant Ivory's many period pieces.

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Critic Simran Hans
rated 10

...gorgeous, textured adaption of EM Forster’s 1910 novel is fierce and deeply romantic, political, emotion-led, respectful of music and literature...

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

It looks as handsome and high-minded as ever...

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Monic Olsson
rated 8

En varm historia om två systrar som spelas exemplarisk av Helena Bonham Carter och Emma Thompson

9 months ago

Cast & Crew

James Ivory
Director
Vanessa Redgrave
As Ruth Wilcox
Anthony Hopkins
As Henry J. Wilcox
Helena Bonham Carter
As Helen Schlegel
Emma Thompson
As Margaret Schlegel
Simon Callow
As Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)
Samuel West
As Leonard Bast

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"Howards End" is a 1992 film adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel of the same name, set in Edwardian Britain. The story follows the complex relationships between two families, the intellectual Schlegels and the wealthy Wilcoxes, and their struggles with class distinction, love, and inheritance. The film centers on Margaret Schlegel, who becomes embroiled in a controversial romance with Henry Wilcox, while her sister Helen engages in a scandalous affair with Leonard Bast. As family secrets and betrayals come to light, tensions mount and relationships are put to the test. Will the families be able to find common ground and reconcile their differences?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Howards End include Forrest Gump, Titanic, Clueless, Legends of the Fall, Before Sunrise, Jerry Maguire.