Product Details

• Actors: Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jack Hedley, Rosemary Leach, Ann Firbank
• Directors: Alan Bridges
• Writers: John Bowen, Noel Coward
• Producers: Carlo Ponti, Cecil Clarke, Denis Holt, Duane Bogie
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Studio: Avid Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 74 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000GHG2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,146 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful movie, October 4, 2002

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daisy mae "sukey" (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Brief Encounter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Well, after reading previous reviews, I am glad I don't read them before seeing most movies. I loved this film and thought the chemistry between Burton and Loren was great. I yearned for more intense romantic scenes, but that was part of the effect of the film- to relay to the viewer the frustration of the characters. This movie really moved me. Don't pay attention to the negative reviews. If you like a good romance with substance and message, this is excellent.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Truly awful!, July 7, 2000

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Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brief Encounter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The only reason anyone would watch this utterly inferior remark of the Trevor Howard "Brief Encounter" is because they want to ridicule Burton and Loren's wretchedly bad acting. Not only is the script insipid, trite, boring and absurd, the acting by the two major players is an atrocity.

We can expect over-acting and drunken on-camera stupors from Burton, but in this turkey, even the usually reliable Loren falters badly. These two had zero screen chemistry and Burton particularly sleepwalks through every scene.

If you want class, please purchase the excellent original version of 'Brief Encounter' and avoid this bomb.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brief Encounter-in a present time without overacting, December 9, 2001

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Visa "tapsa" (Vaajakoski Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brief Encounter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A bad reviews always seems to be destiny of remake films; everybody compares a film with an old one-without any understanding that new version should be ground in a new startingpoint-new time, new attitude.Sometimes this very limit attitude is very difficult to understand, specially in a case of Alan Bridges "Brief Encounter"-what is very good and beautiful story, and remake film-to TV. Or should I believe that all this missunderstood and critics of this film are only resalt of inability feel any emotions , any sensability to see relatioship of two person under sosicial pressure?
Brief Encounter-starring Sophia Loren and Richard Burton is very beautiful and moving film-without any overacting. It's a full of real life and deep emotion-and expectations of rolemodels of the housewife-and sosial life eihgter. It seems to be very difficult for the American audience understand, that real acting is not acting like those past greats Joan Grawford or Bette Davis usually did; manerism-emotions could be shown more minimalism ways-like Loren and Burton exactly do- and do one of their best roles! Director Bridges has got an interesting athmosphiere between homelife-and railwaystation-where two people try to get something new taste of life-and a world around is so noicy-cruel and routine. I thing that is what is all abouth question in love-and this film shows it very beautiful way; dream of better life-and the ties of ordinary life. Pictures of this VHS-movie are colorfull, sharp and clear. So...