Brief Encounter (1945)
"A story of the most precious moments in a woman's life!"
Critics Score
🎬 93%
(RT: 94%, MC: 92) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Celia Johnson as Laura Jesson
Joyce Carey as Myrtle Bagot
Cyril Raymond as Fred Jesson
Everley Gregg as Dolly Messiter
Marjorie Mars as Mary Norton
Margaret Barton as Tea Room Assistant Beryl Walters
Is Brief Encounter good?
Yes. 86% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 93%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love. Wikipedia ↗
