Howards End

I always like to watch this around the Christmas holidays though for the life of me I'm not quite sure why. A very odd piece of work for this time of year to say the least, certainly a modern masterpiece with acting and direction of the highest quality.....when you have Anthony Hopkins spearheading Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham-Carter and Vanessa Redgrave what would you expect. Amazing adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, in some ways it's amazing they could fit all of the elements into one film though this is one of the things James Ivory does best. This is not rental material, it's one you buy as repeated viewings are needed to absorb the many levels this presentation works on.