Wives and Daughters
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Bill Paterson, Francesca Annis, Justine Waddell, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hollander Brand: Warner Brothers DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 300 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-09-26 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: BBC Warner |
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Movie Reviews of Wives and Daughters
Movie Review: A Delightful, Sentimental, Intimate, and Beautiful Treat
Summary: 5 Stars
When a good story is told right, it makes it delicious. Masterpiece Theatre's "Wives and Daughters" , in it's 4 hour glory, leaves you with that sad nostalgic feeling of a good friend leaving you for a very long time. It's beautiful, deligthful, and might I say, very, very pretty (and hilariously funny).The story is about Molly Gibson, and her dealings with everyday life, paticularly when she aquires 2 new friends, an irritating twit of a social climbing stepmother, a loving and fashionable stepsister, and 3 nasty secrets, all at the same time. These characters become enmeshed with each other and innocent Molly gets caught up. There's tragedy, humor, and heartbreak, and proposals, and intrigue, and hatred and a forthright compassionate heroine we see much of in English Literature, but Molly Gibson captures your heart and so do the other characters. Gaskell was trying to create a story that showcased how humans treat each other, how we should not judge by rank or place, how we all share the same basic feelings and emotions, the same world.
The acting is the focal point of the series. Justine Waddell is perfection (incredibly talented lady) and the rest of the cast fit descriptions given in the book to a tee, and act their parts out with immense talent, humor, grace, fire, and passion. The cinematography completely captures the English countryside and the score is lovely. The costumes are period, authentic, and very well studied and made.
This is one of those rare treats we get every once in a while, and I highly recommend you sit and watch. You'll learn something about the world we live in and the human race we belong to.