…Restoration may not match up with Tremain’s book, but the observation of the corrupt world around Downey Jr’s character is refreshingly bitter…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2022

...an episodic drama that doesn't, to a progressively predominant extent, contain much in the way of forward momentum...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 16, 2021

Michael Hoffman's Restoration is a handsome, intelligent version of Rose Tremain's novel, brimming with gilded images and elegant, paradoxical ideas.

| Dec 1, 2017

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 18, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 21, 2008

Gorgeous, witty romp that

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 18, 2006

Engaging if uneven.

| Feb 9, 2006

An interesting evocation of a decadent era marked by opulence, excess and abject poverty. But works equally well as a study of personal redemption amidst the turmoil.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 27, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 4, 2005

Ryan's hilariously out of place, but this is otherwise an entertaining yarn.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 17, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 26, 2005

Since the robust 17th-century picaresque tale is not enjoying any current vogue, the success of "Restoration" can be considered a very pleasant surprise.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2003

Despite its flaws, Restoration proves that Hollywood can at times treat history in satisfying manner.

| Original Score: 6/10 | May 16, 2003

Robert Downey, Jr. can do no wrong by me, and his expressiveness and irreverence are what make this film work. Seen through his eyes, the changing currents of the times are navigable only with large doses of dark humor and compassion.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2002

Phantasmagorical film about a late bloomer who takes a long time to find and follow a path with heart.

| Aug 22, 2002

The film is overcome by the rumbling workings of a creaky plot as the story grows more serious.

| Aug 15, 2002

The movie takes on a somber, fitful atmosphere of straining epic proportions. But it strays into an episodic bog that leaves it gasping for dramatic life.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 18, 2002