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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Variety | Dennis Harvey

    Offers lush and compelling drama drawn from Evelyn Waugh's beloved novel. Purists may blanch at the screenplay's changes to the source material's narrative fine points, but its spirit survives intact. Read full review

  • 75
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The saga ultimately lacks the emotional wallop of the TV version. But its clever writing, strong performances and sumptuous production design make for a rich experience nonetheless. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The one performer who seems at home with the gravity of it all is Emma Thompson. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    While elegantly mounted and well acted, the movie is not the equal of the TV production, in part because so much material had to be compressed into such a shorter time. It is also not the equal of the recent film "Atonement," which in an oblique way touches on similar issues. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    The real question is whether the film moves the "Brideshead" ball down the playing field in any meaningful way since the acclaimed miniseries. And I'd have to say that it doesn't so much advance it as it shrinks it into a golf-ball-size nugget. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Although it has its involving moments, the watered-down Waugh fails to make any kind of lasting connection. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times |

    That the film is neither a true triumph nor a total disaster makes it somewhat difficult to justify revisiting "Brideshead," apart from the hope it will inspire someone somewhere to pick up the book. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    A very noble movie, which makes it interesting at times, but not often enough. Read full review

  • 40
    Wall Street Journal | Joe Morgenstern

    The world didn't need a superficial big-screen adaptation of a rich, dense book that's about, among many other things, the passage of time. The perplexity is why the film is so lifeless and remote. Read full review

  • 40
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Mr. Goode shows all the charisma of a stalk of boiled asparagus molded into the likeness of Jeremy Irons. Read full review

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