The Atlantic by Sophie Gilbert

Kenneth Lonergan’s four-part miniseries, which arrives Sunday on Starz, is its own masterpiece, visually lavish and narratively restrained. Lonergan and the director Hettie Macdonald find something profound in the story’s clash of cultures between the liberal, bourgeois Schlegels and the emotionally repressed, establishment Wilcoxes that feels vital in this particular moment.

Wall Street Journal by Dorothy Rabinowitz

To watch the film’s Margaret (a sublime Hayley Atwell), is to see in full detail, the character Forster envisioned. ... In four episodes of sterling drama, Howards End has been brought fully to life on the television screen. That is no small achievement.

IndieWire by Ben Travers

Howards End is fun. It’s lean. It illustrates from the get-go that the Oscar-winning writer behind one of the biggest cinematic downers in recent memory (“Manchester By the Sea”) can write “heartwarming” as well as he writes “heart-wrenching.” But it also shows that he understands fundamental principles essential to the original story and its modern telling.

San Francisco Chronicle by David Wiegand

Lonergan’s script is simply stunning. ... Every performance is spot-on, especially that of Atwell, who is captivating and engagingly intelligent as Margaret Schlegel. Ormond is heartbreaking and noble as Ruth Wilcox.

Collider by Allison Keene

Kenneth Lonergan’s script (an adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel) is delightful. The words are crisp, clever, and even the chatter reveals important character traits and dynamics. Nothing is wasted in this series, which is gorgeously directed in full by Hettie MacDonald. Her camera is never static, which reflects the energy of its cast.

The Oregonian by Kristi Turnquist

Lonergan's gift for empathizing with characters while clearly seeing their flaws fills every scene with rich, unsentimental emotion. Lonergan's work is matched by director Hettie MacDonald, who, rather than leaning on handsome production design and costumes, makes the material feel immediate, and the characters' choices full of risk. ... The cast more than rises to the occasion.

Boston Globe by Matthew Gilbert

It turns out that there are now two extraordinary adaptations of “Howards End” in the world, each remarkable and distinct. The Starz production makes excellent use of the extra time that TV affords to add extra layers of detail--to the characterizations, to the relationships, to the dialogue, and to the larger social themes, which remain so relevant. ... Up until the choppy and speeded-up ending, Lonergan practically steals the show with his muscular, wit-filled lines.

TV Guide Magazine by Matt Roush

A literate and visually sumptuous feast. [2 Apr - 15 Apr 2018, p.10]

CNN by Brian Lowry

Atwell might be best known to some for her forays into the Marvel universe, but she's an extremely talented actress who deftly captures Margaret's combination of intelligence and pragmatism, in contrast to her sister's idealism.

Entertainment Weekly by Kristen Baldwin

Though Howards End (premiering April 8 at 8 p.m. on Starz) doesn’t have the ardor of the network’s Outlander, fans of that time-traveling romance may still find themselves swooning at the gracefully restrained emotion between Meg and stuffy Mr. Wilcox (Matthew Macfadyen).