Lean's sad, buttoned-up account of unconsummated love is about all of us and our cautious natures.

| Jan 17, 2018

Romance and goodness are evoked with equal power and from these conflicting impulses, voluptuous demons spring eternal.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 9, 2015

One of cinema's classic love stories.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 5, 2015

One of the most vivid, impassioned and painfully believable love stories ever committed to celluloid.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 2, 2015

Sheer perfection-the gold standard of tragic romances whose influence can still be seen to this day.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 9, 2012

Cyril Raymond manages to invest the stodgy character with a lovable quality.

| Nov 6, 2007

Rarely rises above the level of the old women's magazines.

| Nov 6, 2007

Go and see it again - and try not to giggle at the clipped accents.

Full Review | Aug 3, 2007

David Lean paints heartbreak with perfect decorum.

| Aug 3, 2007

The loveliest period piece imaginable.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 3, 2007

Twee, but you can't help but get involved.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 3, 2007

Beautifully monochrome rendering of a love that cannot be.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 3, 2007

A classic of passionate reserve.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 11, 2006

Some films don't age well, and no doubt Brief Encounter had more of an emotional effect in the social climate of post-war Britain.

| Original Score: 2/6 | Feb 9, 2006

An uncommonly good little picture -- and one which is frankly designed to appeal to that group of film-goers who are provoked by the 'usual movie tripe.'

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 20, 2003

Less cynical souls will weep buckets.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 17, 2001