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[Highly rated reviewer]

Time Present and Time Past

An English Country House family drama centreing on a bereavement which pretty well screws a whole family up in a low-key, very civilised Middle Class way. The film moves backwards and forwards in time, following threads, drawing parallels and showing the characters at different points in their lives. It's well plotted and very nicely played, with touching performances by Jennifer Ehle, Patrick Baladi and two very good child actors. Yes, it's 'slow', whatever that means, but unlike the other reviewers, I wasn't bored.

Slow but ok

This was a pondorous tale of a family rift being made up - can't say I really liked any of the characters so I didn't really care how it turned out but it is watchable if slow