cinema review

Brief Encounter depicts the type of sordid love affair in which only the proper English middle class could engage. Director David Lean and writer Noël Coward paint an unflattering portrait of womanhood. Laura betrays her husband in both thought and deed, and the film is an examination of her moral lapse.

Adaptation turns irony in on itself to reveal a sincere look at screenwriting, yearning for fascination, and flowers.