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mvie mu-1046892: When All That Remains is a Shell The Remains of the Day

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:07:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author wychic - This is the story of a properly-run English household and its butler, Mr. Stevens (Anthony Hopkins), who keeps everything in perfect order and running without a hitch. Unfortunately, the human element in running any house makes it impossible to not have...

mvie mu-1046892: "It is not my place to be curious about such matters."

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:11:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author metalluk - Remains of the Day is a story about a love relationship that might have been, but which was allowed to evaporate by the reticence of one party. Set in the context of the rise of Nazi tensions just prior to World War II, it is also a lavish...

mvie mu-1046892: Intelligent, well-scripted, well-performed period piece.

Sat, 15 May 2004 11:46:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzie129 - Anthony Hopkins is an extremely accomplished actor. There, one sentence in and I'm already stating the obvious. But every now and again, an actor already known as accomplished will turn in a performance so outstanding, so perfect that it casts a light...

mvie mu-1046892: The Saddest Fucking Love Story Ever Committed to Film

Wed, 7 Jan 2004 02:58:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author youngchinq - I first saw James Ivory‘s Remains of the Day when I was a little younger and I thought it was absolutely brilliant. It re-united Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins from the Oscar runner-up, Howard’s End and had the latter give a...

mvie mu-1046892: 'Tis What Remains Unsaid

Sun, 22 Jul 2001 04:37:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Gant - First of all, let me get this out of the way. As one Epinions member so directly pointed out in a comment on my Top 10 British Films opinion, "We have found an Anthony Hopkins fan." You have indeed, and although it may seem that I have been paid off by...

mvie mu-1046892: A Perfect "Day"

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:53:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author swh2000 - Believe it or not, a heart-wrenching romance CAN exist on film without the two main characters having sex.

"The Remains of the Day" is a film of manners and longing based upon the book by Kazuo Ishiguro, and assembled with care by the...

mvie mu-1046892: Tradition Bound

Sat, 7 Oct 2000 01:52:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Tallgent - Ismail Merchant and James Ivory’s Remains of the Day is one of the most charming movies I’ve seen....and also one of the most tragic.

This makes it sound like the film is a laugh-fest black comedy in the “Dr. Strangelove” vein. It’s not.
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mvie mu-1046892: A Great World War II Movie

Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:19:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author paramendra - ... With All The Violence Minus The Gunfire

This is the greatest World War II movie I have seen. The violence perpetrated is fundamental. It is a great work of art and Anthony Hopkins (who I remember from The Silence of the Lambs) and...

mvie mu-1046892: Subtle brilliance

Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:59:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author JackFoley - "The Remains of the Day" is not a film that will just blow you away. It doesn't shock you and get your emotions riled up. What it does is slowly engulf you in its characters, story, and morals.

Stevens (Anthony Hopkins) is the butler...

mvie mu-1046892: Table Scraps

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 02:16:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author billymac00 - A poignant movie about a man trapped by circumstances of his upbringing and subsequent personality makeup. Set against the background of WWII, two fine performances by Hopkins and Thompson. One climactic scene between the two hints at possibilities and...

mvie mu-1046892: The Remains of the Day

Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:39:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author aberro - Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins could talk for hours in this dark romance set in a large estate in England. And they do. Maybe its the constant barrage of sound bites and 15 second commercials trying to cut through the clutter but my attention span...