
Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper. Written from personal pain, it's E.M. Forster's story of coming to terms with sexuality in the Edwardian age.... (Full plot summary below)
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Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. While staying with Clive and his shallow wife, Anne, Maurice finally discovers romance in the arms of Alec, the gamekeeper. Written from personal pain, it's E.M. Forster's story of coming to terms with sexuality in the Edwardian age.
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| GuardianPeter BradshawMaurice is a candid, lucid, passionate film. |
| HeyUGuysLinda MarricA sumptuous film, whose beauty and importance has only increased with age. The very definition of a must-see. |
| San Francisco ChronicleJudy StoneMr. Ivory and Ismail Merchant have long since learned to breathe life into their material without excessive reverence, in a manner that is as decorous as it is dramatic. As might be expected, the costumes, settings and cinematography are once again ravishing. |
| Boston GlobeMichael BlowenBehind the visuals rests an absorbing performance from James Wilby as the titular character. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeWhat's really revolutionary about this film is the way Ivory photographs male bodies in what were, by the standards of mainstream cinema at the time, quite explicit sex scenes. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasThe film is so well made and acted, because it captures its period so meticulously. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIn this forthright screen version of E.M. Forster's posthumously published novel. Directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, who show the same literate skill and the same fidelity to their source that marked "A Room With a View." |
| VarietyJustin ChangMaurice, based on a posthumously published novel by E.M. Forster, is a well-crafted pic on the theme of homosexuality. |
| EmpireALSRich in atmosphere, its leisurely pace dwells on repressed passions in Edwardian society. |
| Irish TimesDonald ClarkeA triumph of the Merchant Ivory aesthetic. The cast are gorgeous. The passion is polite. The conclusion is a little surprising. Well worth reviving. |