Cranford
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Movie Reviews of Cranford
Movie Review: So Beautiful
Summary: 5 Stars
I first purchased Cranford DVDs and watched them - it was so beautiful. The clothing, the way the setting was created, the actors were wonderful you truly felt as if you are taken back in time and you were there. I enjoyed it so much that 10 days later I purchased the Elizabeth Gaskell library collection - I didn't even care that the collection contained Cranford in it again, so now I have 2 Cranford DVDs. I watched them all and now I'm starting again. If you like that period in time - you will love these DVDs, if I were you I would purchase the collection so you have all 3 stories.
Enjoy, Sandi
Movie Review: Those Amazing Brits!
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this series to be powerfully dramatized. Like many series the first episode is not as strong as the following four episodes as the actors discover their characters and the writers unveil their intertwined plots. But Cranford ends with a moving conclusion that avoids cliche while delivering hoped-for satisfactions. The cast is absolutely superb and the writing excellent, incorporating many favorite 19th century conventions revitalized by an artful screenplay.
If you enjoy the writing of Charles Dickens and similar adaptations by the BBC you will almost assuredly enjoy this production.
Movie Review: Strikes just the right balance
Summary: 5 Stars
Cranford strikes just the right balance between absurdity and heart. The cast is first class. The combined talent of this ensemble will astonish you, and they all act with incredible restraint.
The screenplay is very well crafted--seeming to draw equally the fleshing out of the strange characters, and the fleshing out of the various plots. Anyone who has lived in a small town will certainly appreciate the idiosyncrasies of such a community, and see parallels to their own life in the lives of the Cranford residents.
I highly highly recommend this series. I could watch it over and over.
Movie Review: Fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Many good and thorough reviews have already been written on the movie but I wanted to just add my 5 stars to the rest.
I've been buying period movies from time to time trying to find a classic like Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth), Wives and Daughters and Sense and Sensability (with Emma T) and I have been sadly frustrated with my purchases lately. Then I bought this and it was TOTALLY worth it. It was wonderful and I enjoyed every minute of it. Lots of different story lines intertwined and most come to a happy ending. I'm very glad I bought this movie and listened to the good reviews!
Movie Review: Delightful Production - Typical of BBC
Summary: 5 Stars
This is yet another wonderful series from the BBC, in which they open up the life of a community with humor and feeling. The community in this case is the Cranford of the middle 1800's, a rural township in which everyone knows everyone else. Gossip is the oxygen that fuels this town. But beneath the surface of jealousy, spite, nosiness, and judgmentalness, is a vein of compassion, providing the blood that really keeps this community alive.
The six episodes are almost six hours long and provide the kind of entertainment an entire family can enjoy. I recommend it highly.