Howard's End (DVD)

Howards End is one of my favourite books as well as favourite film but I had better stick to the brief here! The film was made by Merchant-Ivory in 1992, another of their EM Forster adaptations, but it makes A Room with a View seem rather slight in comparison. Don't think that the combination of EM Forster and Merchant-Ivory immediately equals cucumber sandwiches for tea and people playing croquet on the lawn - this is a film about social and class boundaries, and what becomes of those who try to transgress them. Emma Thompson and Helena Bonham Carter play Margaret and Helen, the Schlegel sisters who try to be frightfully modern and independent, but ...  Read the complete review