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Rating:  - Meticulous!!!!
My review will be short but sweet ----This was an absolutely perfect show. From the village to the gorgeous manor houses, from the scenery to the writing, from the casting to the story.....it was just perfect. The BBC and Andrew Davies have done it again. I would not be hard-pressed to say that I liked this better than "Pride and Prejudice".
And do not skip the DVD extras.....fascinating look at how the series was made and a long section about the author.
Rating:  - Wives and Daughters
I saw and read the Elizabeth Gaskell's book North and South and decided to give this DVD a try as well but prior to ordering, I went to imdb.com to see the story line and what others thought of the series.
The story is about a widower and his daughter, Molly. The widower decides that he should remarry to provide his daughter with female companionship. He marries a lady who also has a daughter, Cynthia, about the same age. Molly soon goes to visit with a squire's family who has 2 sons, Osborn and Roger. The film is about the relationship of these 4 characters.
Probably will see if I can get the book to fill in the details for the film.
Rating: - Wives and Daughters
A drama involving a community of folks that create lives that enthrall the watcher with emotion and carries you to the end. The costumes are lovely and consistent with the period. A good film to own.
Rating: - Brilliant performances
Justine Waddell, Michael Gambon and others really knock it out of the park in this stylish and totally engaging production. The uncertain, ambivalent, sometimes malicious actions and motivations of Elizabeth Gaskell's characters make this several degrees rawer and more realistic than any Austen adaptation. I think that's good for a change. Especially interesting are the very real agonies over the deaths of loved ones, or the minor physical altercations between Mr. Gibson and his new wife, even his own daughter. The acting is so good that I took many of the characters at face value, i.e. I took Molly for herself, not the actress. And what a fantastic literary heroine Molly Gibson is. I'll have to read the book now, although I have no doubt Andrew Davies did a good deal of justice to it with clever alterations of his own. Highly recommended.
Rating: - Wives and Daughters
I love the BBC movies and the time periods in which they represent. My only qualm with some of them is the sexual content, which I can do without. "Wives and Daughters" was a very good story and it had nothing objectionable in the movie. I was thrilled and loaned it out to a friend immediately.
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