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Rating:  - Be sure not to miss this compellin love Story
I loved the casting and acting and music (written for the movie) of this British costume drama set in mid-19th cenury England. I have already viewed it 5 or 6 times.
Rating: - Exquisite. Eloquent. The best period piece ever filmed. Ever.
This series seems like a well-kept secret, and that's a real shame. Hands down, it's the best film series, historical or modern, I've ever seen. The handsome actor John Armitage should have won a boatload of awards for his portrayal of mill owner John Thornton. Such pitch-perfect restraint and righteous indignation -- just as Gaskell wrote him. Some have compared his portrayal of Thornton to Firth's Darcy -- and Firth was good -- but Armitage just burns up the screen. No comparison, so far as I'm concerned. In fact, all the other actors were flawless and perfectly pitched. Kudos to the casting director. All in all, a DVD set you will want to buy, and BBC should rerun -- over and over. This series simply did not get the audience it deserved. Shame on BBC for not promoting it harder.
Rating: - Lovely, lovely movie
Such wonderful restraint throughout the movie. Rarely does a story unfurl the way this one does developing the characters making us love and hate and love them again. I can't remember the last time I saw such a beautiful film!
Rating: - Industrial drab setting makes for fiery and captivating story
This BBC drama is set in drab industrial London; one would think the movie would be just as slow/dreary - but NOT the case!
The lead male is magnetic in his somber yet fiery portayl of the mill "master"... a British Hugh Jackman if you will. The heroine is truly a heroine - and I love that she is not a waif, but a new face, in which she brings her role spirit and courage. And the mother - has the most captivating accent and dark demeanor.
North & South entrenches you in it's dark times of cotton mill industrialism, but uplifts you to see the romance and hope for the common man by the finish. The town's turmoil and unlikely romance make for a fantastic film!
Rating: - Absolutely adored this movie...
After viewing this movie, I had to learn all about it's wonderful actor, Mr. Richard Armitage, came to learn that North & South was never meant to even be on DVD, but this was SUCH a hit in England, that the BBC Message board literally CRASHED on the count of all the women who was posting about Thorton/Richard. How funny is that! The ending is purely delightful. Darcy (Pride & Predjiduce) was great, but Thorton is way above, he delivers one kiss you will not soon forget, I would rate the most passionate kiss in a Period Drama scene -Ever to date.
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