Rotten
David Lean's studied, plodding, overanalytic direction manages to kill most of the meaning in E.M. Forster's haunting novel of cultural collision in colonial India.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
A Passage to India
David Lean, the Director of "Doctor Zhivago", "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai", invites you on . .
1984 · 2h 43m · PG
Adventure, Drama, History
Directed by
David Lean
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A Passage to India
Overview
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
Director and cast
- David Lean Director
- Judy Davis as Adela Quested
- Victor Banerjee as Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed
- Peggy Ashcroft as Mrs. Moore
- James Fox as Richard Fielding
- Alec Guinness as Professor Godbole
- Nigel Havers as Ronny Heaslop
- Richard Wilson as Mr. Turton
- Antonia Pemberton as Mrs. Turton
- Michael Culver as Major McBryde
- Art Malik as Mahmoud Ali
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An impeccably faithful, beautifully played and occasionally languorous adaptation of E.M. Forster's classic novel.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Forster's novel is one of the literary landmarks of this century, and now David Lean has made it into one of the greatest screen adaptations I have ever seen.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
The film is very much 'a full theatrical meal,' and one that conveys a lot of 'the multiplicity of life' one seldom sees on the screen these days.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh
Not for literary purists, but if you like your entertainment well tailored, then feel the quality and the width.
Time Out
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