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The Europeans

1979

James Ivory

Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Choate ...

6.0

190

Drama It's the fall of 1850, a few miles outside Boston. The household of the dour Mr. Wentworth receives two unannounced visitors from Europe, Eugenia and Felix, the daughter and son of his half sister. Gertrude, one of Wentworth's two daughters, is instantly infatuated with her cousins, thinking them sophisticated and worldly. She turns her back on the local Unitarian minister, Mr. Brand, who has been calling on her, to delight in the ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"[It is] something classical and concise in execution, like a well-made watch (...) There’s an appealing straightforwardness to Jhabvala’s literary faithfulness"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It is] as 'faithful' to James as a film can be. But that's exactly the film's problem: Ivory hasn't found a way to make his own film (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Variety	"James Ivory handles this roundelay [from the Henry James novel] with subtlety, delivering an engaging drama."
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"The 19th-century manners recalled by 'The Europeans' (...) are charming and funny (...) It's so relentlessly pretty it becomes almost boring to watch"
		David Parkinson Radio Times	"[A] beautifully-judged drama. Aided, as ever, by the impeccable production values of Ismail Merchant and the intelligent writing of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (...) Elegant, witty and highly literate (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Time Out	"A wonderfully elegant adaptation (...) Staged with affection, insight, a whole fistful of superb performances and exquisite settings."

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