Anthony Asquith (1902–1968)

A slightly strange story about the last day of term in a boys' public school in the 1950s. In black and white. The unpopular classics master is leaving; his colleagues and students see him as unemotional, almost 'dead' emotionally, but his real self emerges in various ways.

We meet his unbelievably ghastly wife, a boy in his class who's fairly empathic and also quite likes classics, a colleague who has been conducting an affair with his wife, and more.

The acting is good, in a 1950s kind of show more way, once you get past the pseudo-BBC accents. The directing is good too. The people are believable and the flow of the film works well.

But it's rather a depressing story without any clear conclusion. We are unlikely to watch it again. show less

Two men both lie to their fiancées about being named Ernest.

2.5/4 (Okay).

It's a funny play/script, but not a particularly good movie. Most of these performances feel like the cast is trying very hard to remember all their lines.

(Feb. 2022)

Several rich people have a delayed flight.

1.5/4 (Meh).

It's a horrendously badly-written melodrama, about entirely unlikable characters who create their own problems.

(Apr. 2021)

The Browning Version concerns the life of Andrew Crocker-Harris, a classics schoolmaster at a British public school. Andrew is disliked by his unfaithful wife Millie, his colleagues, and his students. Though originally only a one-act play, The Browning Version is a well-crafted and complete psychological study.