The Remains Of The Day

1993 • 134 minutes
4.6
90 reviews
96%
Tomatometer
PG
Rating
Eligible
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Academy Award-winners Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson star in this moving tale of butler whose devotion to duty prevents him from acknowledging his love for the housekeeper working beside him. Set on a baronial estate in pre-World War II England, this poignant drama of denied romance plays against a backdrop of the growing threat of Nazism in Europe. (Original TItle - The Remains Of The Day) © 1993 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Rating
PG

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4.6
90 reviews
Jean-François Rioux
October 25, 2014
Watched this movie, might I say, during the remains of the day I finished the novel. It is quite a good adaptation of the novel, with few adjustments that one must made when taking a book to the big screen. It doesn't affect the general quality of the story though. I even quite enjoyed a few passage that were words for words. The cast and director have their reputation that speaks for themselves. Very good work. If you read the book, I suggest you watch this movie. If you saw the movie, I suggest you read the book. If you did neither one, I suggest you get on with it.
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Dutch Dekkers
January 29, 2022
Somewhat bewildered that this movie received such high acclaim. Emma Thomson acted superbly, but Hopkins was exhausting as the utterly robotic stereotype charicature of a butler. Definitely not worth your time. As for the political intrique: Well known and tragic for anybody with some knowledge of WWII.
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eleana tampaki
March 13, 2021
EXCELLENT! This word goes to the stoey*plot, the actors, the director and in general to the whole movie! I wish I had been loved half as much as she did. and by such a Gentleman!!!!!!!
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