MusicChat It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

markmuhl I shall be forgiven for using this somewhat odd headline (as an analogy to a famous book written by Jerome K. Jerome) but the one scene with the 3 naked men (one of them being a vicar) taking a bath in a pond and chasing each other around it is quite striking, because it does not really fit in with the prudery from the rest of the movie and it also illustrates that the whole story does not lack a certain sense of humour.I had the movie in good memory from my first watching in the movie-theatre back in the eighties and I was not disappointed now when streaming it, although I realized only this time that it is in fact a coming-of-age story besides being a period movie. It is the story of a well-educated teenager from the Edwardian period who has yet to learn to listen to her heart instead of trying to meet the expectations that strict society rules seem to demand from her. This is not such an easy achievement if you were raised in those days where society rules plaid a much bigger role than today and if you had always a chaperon next to you. Then there was the great financial dependence of women, which may have made them consider proposals in a positive way which they would not have otherwise. This must be taken into account to understand why Lucy at first accepted the engagement to Cecil (great performance by Daniel Day Lewis), a textbook example snob but wealthy enough for not having to work. Cecil however, is not the only snob in the movie. It seems that snobbery was quite widespread in the English upper classes in those days and the film is quite good in making fun of it, especially in the Italian scenes at the beginning. Less convincing in my eyes is the stabbing scene in the center of Florence with a young Italian guy getting killed out of the blue, which makes Lucy faint and fall into the strong arms of George. Also the fact that George and Lucy meet again in England seems to be a bit too coincidental (according to George it is fate) but on the other hand coincidents do happen and if so they are likely to be narrated.Anyway, it is quite enjoyable to watch unfold the obstacles to a love story in a period only about 110 years from now. There is already bicycles, trains and even tennis so that it is more the changes in society which makes it seem such a faraway time.

admhr-04373 It is not a movie I would normally have gone near with a barge pole. However, It is such a visual feast and has such excellent acting that it proves I should never judge the proverbial book by its cover. A keeper.

gerald65-319-759736 E. M. Forster's charming story, Merchant and Ivory add gorgeous Tuscan cinematography, lush opera music, and a cast of talented British actors. Even a skinny-dipping scene is done with enough class that the movie got away with a PG rating (though that probably wouldn't happen nowadays!). In short, Merchant-Ivory makes it look easy—and this ease has led to charges of their films being dull and middlebrow, as well as to many imitators.But this stereotype of "a Merchant-Ivory film" fails to mention just how vivid and hilarious "A Room with a View" actually is. With scene-stealing actors like Maggie Smith as a prim, passive- aggressive chaperone and Daniel Day-Lewis as a self-centered young man whose every gesture tells of his fastidious rigidity, a rich vein of humor runs through the film. The movie also delights in putting its heroine Lucy (a baby-faced Helena Bonham Carter) in situations that prove awkward, funny, and ultimately invigorating for a well-bred young lady of 1905. Lucy finds herself in a love triangle, with society telling her to choose Cecil (Day- Lewis) but a deeper force pulling her toward the unconventional, moody George Emerson (Julian Sands).A comedy of manners, "A Room with a View" is sometimes guilty of seeing its characters as types, rather than people. Even Lucy is not much more than "the young girl transfigured by Italy" that Miss Lavish (Judi Dench), a writer of cheap novels, labels her as. Still, it's easy to get caught up in the romance of this delightful movie. After seeing it, you'll want to go out and defend Truth and Love from all those who would deny them. Or at least to start saving up for a trip to Italy.

avgjoedc I say its nearly perfect, but I really cant fault it for anything. The performances are uniformly exquisite, the visuals/scenery are magnificent, the script follows the classic novel - but keeps the humor, irony, and pathos open to a modern audience. It is the most accessible and most enjoyable of the Merchant & Ivory translations of classic works - and really elevates the magic of the original EM Forster novel. While the leads keep the story going, the smaller roles constantly keep you amused. The aged sisters, the carefree brother, the nervous mother, the vicar, the bold authoress, etc all provoke a smile. And the last 3 minutes are simply delightful.