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Howards End Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

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

  • 5.0
    87

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    The New York Times Vincent Canby

    Merchant, Ivory and Jhabvala triumph again with their entertaining, richly textured film. [13 March 1992]

  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    The splendid cast embodies the characters so fully that the events actually seem to be happening to them, instead of unfolding from a screenplay.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Variety

    Perhaps the best film made during the 30-year partnership of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    The New Yorker

    A handsome and intelligent piece of work: a faithful, well-paced, and carefully crafted dramatization of a very good story.

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

OK for kids 14+

British class conflict; ok for older teens.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this period drama set in Edwardian England features sexual affairs, deceit, class bias and an out of wedlock pregnancy.

  • Families can talk about the class issues raised in the plot. How does our society compare to the one featured here? Do we have social classes in America?

The good stuff
  • message true0

    Messages: Characters have affairs, tampering with wills -- and there is class conflict.

What to watch for
  • violence false0

    Violence: Not an issue

  • sex false3

    Sex: A sexual affair and an out-of-wedlock pregnancy feature in the plot.

  • language false0

    Language: Not an issue

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue

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