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Restoration [DVD] [1996] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Robert Downey Jr.
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Sam Neill, David Thewlis, Polly Walker, Meg Ryan
  • Directors: Michael Hoffman
  • Producers: Andy Paterson, Bob Weinstein, Cary Brokaw, Donna Gigliotti
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Miramax
  • DVD Release Date: 3 Aug 1999
  • Run Time: 117 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6305428379
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 42,451 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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17 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A missed opertunity, 11 Nov 2001
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This review is from: Restoration [VHS] [1996] (VHS Tape)
I want to give this movie 5 stars. I want to love this movie. And its possible to, but you have to forgive a huge number of flaws in order to do so.
The film starts well. The opening minutes show us an opulant 16th century London, complete with a royal palace lifted straight from the arabian nights. With its mix strange decadence, open sexuality and (shockingly for a Hollywood movie with Meg Ryan in) even full frontal nudity (!) it plays like the Caligula that you know Tinto Brass wanted before Penthouse re-edited it for him. Downey Jr delivers his finest hour as Robert Merivil, a man with a talent for healing, who is seduced by the King (Sam Niel, who also is on top form) into leaving his life of medicine and marrying his (the kings) mistress in order to remove her from the gaze of court.
This is the basic plot detail for the first part of the film, and it works very very well. However the second part of the film (the bit with Meg Ryan in) is clumsily handeled, badly cast, laughably scripted and saccarine to the point of evil. In spite of this I forgive the film its sins (perhaps because i am so shocked the Downey can act) and would reccommend it (especially at a budget price).
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11 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Are we the masters of our soul?, 23 Sep 2000
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Restoration [VHS] [1996] (VHS Tape)
Yes this is a period piece and the movie was beautifully costumed and the colors were brilliant. But a lot of movies can say that. These were great actors. They all made memorable movies before and after this one. Not all movies can say that they are more than the sum of their parts and that the characters were great enough to outshine the actors. But this one is one of those movies. It really doesn't fit any category of movie unless you can call it inspirational.

Robert Merivel was the master and the sum of his choices. Even the circumstances that looked like he had no control over were the results of previous choices. This also applied to the other characters that surrounded him. The end is the results of the means. This is one movie that could not be remade.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Better and Better with Repeated Viewings, 2 Mar 2008
By falkenna (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
The first time, this movie can seem disjointed and the main character unlikable. But by the second or third viewing, the disjointedness becomes complexity and the growth of Robert's character evident. The characterizations are fairly rich and beautifully acted by a fine cast, in beautifully shot sets and costumes. (Unlike the previous reviewer, I think the second half is wonderfully written and generally better.) If I say it reminds of truths of living a good life, that sounds preachy and is misleading; this movie is inspirational in the best sense as well as engaging and entertaining.
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