Editing Howards End (film) (section)

===Critical reception===
The film received widespread critical acclaim. On 5 June 2005, [[Roger Ebert]] included it on his list of "Great Movies".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-howards-end-1992 | newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times | date=5 June 2005 | first=Roger | last=Ebert | title=Howards End (1992) | access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> [[Leonard Maltin]] awarded the film 4 stars out of 4, and called the film "Extraordinarily good on every level."<ref name=Maltin>{{cite book| last = Martin| first = Leonard | author-link = Leonard Maltin | title = Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide | publisher = Signet Books | year = 2015| pages = 653| isbn = 978-0-451-46849-9}}{{rating|4|4}}</ref> [[Dave Kehr]] of ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'' gave a mixed review while reporting that the film "provides more than enough in the way of production values to keep its primary audience entertained. An audible gasp went up at a recent sneak preview over the film's re-creation of a Christmas-bedecked Harrod's of the turn of the century; the movie, like the store, knows how to put its merchandise on display."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-01-9202080722-story.html | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date=1 May 1992 | first=Dave | last=Kehr | title=Home with a View | access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref>

Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 94% of 65 reviews are positive for the film, and the average rating is 8.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A superbly-mounted adaptation of E.M. Forster's tale of British class tension, with exceptional performances all round, ''Howards End'' ranks among the best of Merchant-Ivory's work."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/howards_end/|title=Howards End|access-date=12 August 2020|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film holds a score of 89 out of 100, based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/howards-end | title=Howards End | access-date=19 August 2016 | website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref> American audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "B" on a scale of A+ to F.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= HOWARDS END (1993) B |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

In 2016, the film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the [[2016 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="Classics">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62136.html |title=Cannes Classics 2016 |access-date=21 April 2016 |date=20 April 2016 |work=Cannes Film Festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210012746/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/62136.html |archive-date=10 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was released theatrically after restoration on 26 August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/howards-end-re-release-theaters-1201797683/|title=Restored 'Howards End' to Be Released in Theaters|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=17 June 2016|website=Variety.com|access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref>

''Howards End'' was placed on more top ten lists than any other film in 1992, edging out ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]'' and ''[[Unforgiven]]''. It was placed on 82 of the 106 film critics polled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-24-ca-2356-story.html|title=106 Doesn't Add up|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=24 January 1993}}</ref>