"A Room With A View" is that rarest of movies where everything comes together perfectly. The cinematography is beautiful, it boasts a great cast and is a also a great love story wonderfully well told, in my opinion. Helena Bonham-Carter was a very lucky young lady indeed to get the lead role of Lucy Honeychurch. She looks every inch the part and plays it extremely well. The man who falls for her George Emerson is played by Julian Sands and is equally good. Probably the best piece of acting in the entire movie is given by Daniel Day-Lewis playing the snobbish, foppish Cecil Vyse who also loves Lucy but is eventually rejected. There are smaller parts for a wealth of great actors and actresses including Dame Judy Dench, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, and Simon Callow all of whom are just perfect in their respective roles. Even the smallest roles have been well cast and acted and I cannot praise this movie too highly. The first part of the movie is set with it's characters on holiday in Italy and contains some stunningly beautiful photography. It also contains my favourite ever romantic scene from any movie. Lucy Honeychurch is seen walking through a poppy-field dressed in a long white dress. She looks like a painting done by one of the french impressionists. The scene is filmed to a stunningly beautiful aria sung by Kiri Te Kanawa. The piece of music is from Puccini's opera "La Rondine". George Emerson picks her up and passionately kisses her. It is an absolutely delightful piece of work!. Even after they return home to England the scenery is still great and wonderful to look at. Absolutely love this Edwardian period drama by Merchant Ivory Productions and I really cannot understand why some reviewers have disliked it and thought it boring.
Review of A Room with a View
