Monday, 4 December 2017

Howards End (2017 Hettie Macdonald)

Adapted by Kenneth Lonnergan - well, I suppose it does fit into his body of work insofar as it deals with a dysfunctional family or two. Though we didn't feel that a four hour expansion was an improvement on Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's definitive version.

Good cast - Hayley Atwell, Matthew MacFadyen, Philippa Coulthard, Alex Lawther, Joe Bannister, Tracey Ullman, Joseph Quinn (Mr Bast), Julia Ormond (Mrs Wilcox) and Miles Jupp.

I liked that Tibby grows some balls; and the way Mrs Wilcox rules over her family. But it was somehow unrivetting.

Shot by Wojchiech Sepel (Spies of Warsaw, Any Human Heart).

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