Irritable unsatisfying station romance! That is what the original Brief Encounter is all about.This earlier David Lean effort is chatty at best. Action plods from one scene to another; accompanied by a dull dialogue by today's standards. Perhaps Noel Coward is to be blamed for this dry script. Or maybe, it was considered good in those bygone war years. Never can tell.
Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson were quite good in this irritable romance. Celia was particularly good, playing the uncertain wench, in need of love and attention from a passionless husband who was more interested in solving crossword puzzles than taking notice of her.
As such, a chance encounter at the fictitious Milford Junction Refreshment Shop by the two protagonists played out to a dry and unsatisfactory end, in spite of the hidden possibilities of sexual romance. The war years could have averred from such developments, I think.
Watchable. I wonder how the newer version fared?
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