Maurice

Wow! That was an awesome movie! The story was beautiful, the scenery was very pretty, and the acting was excellent. This is the best gay-themed movie I have ever seen. I bought this movie and don't regret it. I will watch... Full review

Another beautiful masterpiece done by the wonderful story-teller of Merchant Ivory. Incredible acting, masterful direction, and beautiful cinimenatography capture the essence of this incredible movie!... Full review

this was the first movie i saw that made me completely silent. after watching it i was stunned for hours and sat watching just snow on t.v. the impact was just WOW!... Full review

This movie grabbed my heart because it is how the love between two gay people coming out can happen. I have only been out for 3 years and it was tough for me, and I am an American but from a... Full review

Before I watch Maurice, I almost had no idea of the life of gays. I used to hold the notion that homosexuality was unacceptable and disgusting, which was under the influence of some so-called orthodox thinking. As the time goes... Full review

Of all three movies based on E.M. Forsters novels and produced by Merchant-Ivory, "Maurice" is probably the most unknown. Forster himself thought it inferior to his other books and kept it in the closet till he died. But though he... Full review

I remember I saw this movie I was about 17. I'd read the book and fell in love. It tells a love story between two men and the way they have to carry it out despite society rules (with some... Full review

A gay classic that is situated at the beginning of the twentieth century. 'Maurice' is the story of Maurice Hall, a student at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. There he meets Clive Durham. Both men develop a strong friendship,... Full review

‘Maurice' had a deep emotional impact on me when I first saw it in my early teens, more than ten years ago. I just saw it again for the first time since then and I was a bit worried that... Full review

The filmmakers did an incredible job of bringing E.M. Forster's touching novel to life -- and I suspect that was no easy task because so much of the novel involves the main character's innermost thoughts and feelings. However, Merchant and... Full review

The movie then steps forward in time to show Maurice as an unsure and self-conscious young student at Cambridge University. This is Edwardian England where homosexuality, 'the unspeakable vice of the Greeks', is punishable by law and this all-boys college is a veritable stew of homo-eroticism, repression and hypocrisy. ... Full Review

It's not a bad film, but neither is it a particularly compelling one. Video Maurice 's anamorphic widescreen transfer, at the film's original aspect ratio of 1.78:1, offers a solid and attractive viewing experience. ... Full Review

But their follow-up, "Maurice," succeeds because their trademark flatness is appropriate for the subject. And Ben Kingsley has a glorious cameo as a mumbo-jumbo hypnotist who advises Maurice to strengthen his masculinity by seeking fresh air, getting exercise and carrying a gun. ... Full Review

Maurice," paced as leisurely as turning pages, is sprawling and spectacular, with a score that's madly rococo. Like Forster, they focused on Maurice's growing isolation, but also enlarged upon the character of Clive, Maurice's Cambridge classmate and platonic love. ... Full Review

Had Forster stayed with this more complex relationship instead of settling for a simple statement about social class and sexuality, Maurice would remain much stronger. In one sense, this is satisfying because Maurice is the more sympathetic character, but the fact that Alec and Maurice come from two entirely different social classes and educational backgrounds makes the scenario hard to believe. ... Full Review

James Ivory and Ismail Merchant's Maurice , a tale of homosexual love set in a time and place when such a relationship was forbidden by law, gets a stately DVD release thanks to Home Vision. ... Full Article

Director James Ivory brings his subdued, "Masterpiece Theater" style to a forbidden subject -- homosexual love. Maurice is based on E.M. Forster's suppressed 1914 novel that was held back from publication until after his death. ... Full Article

"Maurice" (1987) is more ambitious in scope and scale than "Quartet".It is the second film in MIP´s trilogy of E.M. Forster adaptations and fits easily into the mold of the heritage genre. ... Full Article

This award-winning TV production tells the true story of a heroic woman's underground operation to spirit Allied soldiers out of Nazi-occupied France. Her name is Mary Lindell, a British-born Red Cross nurse living in France with her two teenage children,... ... Full Article

"Maurice" (1987) is more ambitious in scope and scale than "Quartet". It is the second film in MIP´s trilogy of E.M. Forster adaptations and fits easily into the mold of the heritage genre. ... Full Article