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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.
Rating: - A Pleasant Way to Spend an Afternoon
Wives and Daughters brings you comfortably into the world of our not so distant past. The same trials, tribulations, misunderstandings; the same people with and without moral values, an abundance of sound intellect coupled with those not so gifted; all swirling through a most plausable love story.
A tom boy growing up without a mother's feminine touch, Molly Gibson becomes too attached to her sole parent, her wise and hardworking, doctor father. Trying to shelter her from unwanted young male advances, Dr. Gibson unwittingly puts her into the local squires houshold which thrusts upon her more of lifes turmoils than he could ever guess.
In the meantime, the doctor becomes enamored with a beautiful, but self serving woman who, along with her beautiful, sweet, but flakey daughter bring even more turmoil into the lives of the Gibson father and daughter.
A delight for the eyes and ears; it is in all ways one of the most pleasant movies I turn to on a lazy afternoon when strife in excess is unwelcomed. The costumes and scenery are realistic as is the script. The frequent used of horses and landscapes make this productions richer for it.
Rating:  - Wives and Daughters
I actually didn't get to see this movie because I had to return it. The movie came in a case that was warped and distorted. As soon as I receive a refund I will possibly try to order it again.
Rating:  - Good movie though a little confusing at first
I was a little confused by this movie at first-it took me awhile to figure out who everyone was and how they tied in-but once I did I really enjoyed WAD. Part of this, I think, was because of Roger.....(who's so cute and genuinely likeable) but I digress. The acting, costumes, and style of the movie are easily on the same level as A&E's Pride and Prejudice (another favorite). Family friendly (although a little long and complicated for most kids.) Writing about it makes me want to go watch it again.
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