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Where Angels Fear To Tread [1991]
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Have No Fear
Review date: 2008-01-19 Rating: 8 out of 10
Fans of the better known "Forsters" such as Maurice, A Room with a View, the works of Merchant and Ivory, and fairly similar A Passage to India, may be quite disappointed with this much more quiet and less colourful production. The story-line also offers less of a twist - this is EM Forster's first novel and he was still learning his trade. Still the movie is well worth seeing - the story and the beautiful images in dusky sepias as if taken from old photographs will keep enthralled you in front of the telly if only you can accept that the world changed immensely within the last century. A big bonus is a chance to see world-famous actors in roles not exactly identical with their current careers.
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Reviews
WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD
Review date: 2008-01-05 Rating: 6 out of 10
I had high expectations of this film; never judge a book (or a dvd)by its cover!
The film starts off okay but as soon as the film jumps to the sequences in Italy it declines to a slow pace. In principle, the story line is a good one but the film fails to portray it with weak acting. Disappointing!Glad I only paid a couple of quid for it. Though, it may appeal more to some.
Terrible soundtrack and somehow not quite right
Review date: 2006-08-22 Rating: 6 out of 10
This was a slightly disappointing film which does not achieve the excellence that Charles Sturridge is so famed for with Brideshead Revisited. It is a strong story with a good script with interesting culture clashes leading to tragic outcomes, but for me didn't quite gel. Individually the cast are all good, but the whole was less than the sum of its parts. Even so I would have probably given it 4 stars had it not been for a really bad job on the soundtrack where the music is so loud that when you set the volume comfort the dialogue becomes inaudible (often very softly spoken anyway). It is an engaging film though and well worth watching. I didn't check whether the DVD had subtitles. If it does I recommend using them.
A Very Superb Work
Review date: 2006-07-13 Rating: 10 out of 10
This may be E.M. Forster's first novel but it is a faithful adaptation and a very fine film. I don't see what others finding lacking in this excellent motion picture. The cast works marvelously together. Helena Bonham Carter gives a very superb performance acting against her usual more glamourous roles. Rupert Graves and Judy Davis are excellent as the son and daughter of the great Barbara Jefford who is extremely memorable as the manipulating mother-in-law of Helen Mirren. Judy Davis is extraordinary as a mirror image of Barbara Jefford without the latter's cunning devices.
The story is captivating and the scenes, costumes and direction are all first rate. I find that this film is of great quality and belongs perfectly well with the other E.M. Forster adaptations. Perhaps some are biased because this isn't marked Ivory Merchant? I wouldn't know that it wasn't Ivory Merchant. It is of equal quality. The direction, script, and actors make this story very plausible. It would have been a greater box office success but it was not publisied as much as "Howard's End". I still find it a superb film and highly recommend it.
Where Angels Fear To Dread
Review date: 2006-05-26 Rating: 4 out of 10
Released between Merchant- Ivory's versions of two other EM Forster novels, A Room with A View and Howard's End, I always thought that WAFTT was also made by the talented duo but it is a pale imitation of their work. With a story that doesn't fit together well and unsympathetic characters who don't really develop WAFTT is basically not a particularly well made film. Not terrible but it has some quite basic flaws.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Barbara Jefford
Helena Bonham Carter
Judy Davis
Helen Mirren
Rupert Graves
Recording label: Prism Leisure
Manufacturer: Prism Leisure
EAN: 5050824167255
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2005-07-25
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 109 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1992-02-28
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Italian (Original Language)