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The Worst Film Ever

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

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.

Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) and her chaperon cousin Charlotte Bartlett (Maggie Smith) are in Italy. They're disappointed with the view from their rooms. Mr. Emerson (Denholm Elliott) is with his son George (Julian Sands) and offers to switch their rooms. Charlotte refuses due to conventional manners but Reverend Beebe changes her mind. Lucy is shocked by the wild Italian world and she faints witnessing a bloody fight. George comes to the rescue. Later, George kisses Lucy which could lead to a scandal. Lucy returns home and accepts the marriage proposal from snobby proper gentleman Cecil Vyse (Daniel Day-Lewis).It is a beautiful literary movie. It's the theatrical debut of Helena Bonham Carter and she delivers a great performance. This is not necessarily my type of movie. The story moves too slowly for me. A lot of the emotions are hidden. It's a nice start of a string of hits for Merchant-Ivory. I give it full marks for spotless workmanship.

The story is very nice although somewhat predictable. I personally relate to the story so much at the time I watch this movie the first time that it made me keep the movie in my "Keepworthy" list. I really like how the movie goes through all of its predictability by presenting the conflicts in a very much mild way and inserting some humor into the mix. Furthermore the movie made the humor as though they weren't intended to be humorous, not right after it comes into the picture. Another thing about the movie is that I realized that I watched Helena Bonham-Carter movies just on her older days, and she is very pretty. Well now I know that she's even prettier in her younger days. The acting overall in the movie is adequately nice. Helena Bonham-Carter's performance sure isn't her best here but she sure can act. Daniel Day Lewis really delved into his character and can really make the audience feel irritated to him. Maggie Smith had really depicted her character well enough and can make audience feel sorry for her. Simon Callow also presented his character well and brought a nice nuance to the movie.

You don't need much room to view this disappointing 1985 film. The problem is that with the exception of Maggie Smith, who gives new meaning to spinsterhood, the characters are unbelievable in this brooding Merchant-Ivory piece set in the Victorian era.Daniel Day-Lewis comes off as a fop or dandy; even though he is engaged to Helena Bonham Carter here. She finds true love in Italy and it follows her back home in England.The film often drags The scene with the naked men was funny but the result was highly predictable.The men in particular are really off the wall in this film.