A Passage to India 1984

Critics score:
85 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: 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. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more

Time Out: Not for literary purists, but if you like your entertainment well tailored, then feel the quality and the width. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: An impeccably faithful, beautifully played and occasionally languorous adaptation of E.M. Forster's classic novel. Read more