Brief Encounter

Pros: Celia Johnson, Story, Rachmaninoff, Direction
Cons: Find out if they "did it."

Brief Encounter (1945) Hurtling steam trains, tunnels, bridges, and Rachmaninoff piano concerti subliminally suggest the passions that lie just below the surface of Brief Encounter a tale of a secret love affair between a married woman and a ...

Pros: Some interesting literary devices from Noël Coward; good noir atmosphere; good psychological study
Cons: Pathetically overblown infatuation masquerading as passionate romance; static camera

Brief Encounter is a revered classic, sometimes called the British Casablanca. I beg to differ. This is a well-constructed film with some nice performances and interesting things to say, but the romantic quality of the story has been ...

Pros: Great dialogue, cinematography and acting
Cons: Can be too quaint to be taken seriously by modern audiences

There are films that a lot of people think they know, but have never really seen. David Lean’s ‘Brief Encounter’ is certainly a good example. Most people can tell you the plot, a doomed romance conducted at a railway station. Others will tell you there’s ...

Pros: excellent cinematography, intelligently directed, sometimes insightful
Cons: slow moving, depiction of working class as comic relief, inner monologue sometimes repetitious and precious

One of the most highly regarded of all British films, Brief Encounter was also the first major international success for director David Lean. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay. It won the...

Pros: Character development, raw emotion, interesting story, good acting, good direction.
Cons: Repetition, lack of action.

A chance encounter between strangers has been the spark of many a romance, both on and off screen. The two strangers who meet in "Brief Encounter" have every reason not to fall in love. Both have other spouses, children, and lives that appear to be ...

Pros: realistic and romantic
Cons: none

Forget Casablanca. Brief Encounter is the most romantic movie ever made.

The deceptively simple story of an ordinary woman and and ordinary man who meet in an ordinary place and fall in love, the plot was based on a 1935 one-act...

Pros: Wonderfully Nuanced Performances under David Lean's Masterful Direction
Cons: Very, VERY British.

It is a relief to know that I am not alone in regarding this classic as the “ultimate chick flick.” The excellent feature long commentary on this DVD rather pointedly comes to the same conclusion very early on. Yet it is an imminently watch...