Reviews

What a steaming pile of garbage. Never have I been so happy to see a movie bomb at the box office before I saw this insult of a motion picture. Nothing like the TV series and that is the crux of the whole matter. Change the bumbling, lovable sheriff into a psychopath, turn the short,fat and utterly lovable Boss Hogg into a tall, thin pensioner with a beard. Turn the innocent and virginal Daisy Duke into a cheap tart while turning her cousins and the REAL stars of the TV series, Bo and Luke into two lecherous perverts and you have the instant ingredients for a box office turkey. The executives that authorised the making of this picture should never work in the industry again.

I first came across this story when I was a 12 year old watching it on my primary school television. That was back in 1974 and it was a 3 part series. Fast forward to 2008. I managed to track down this version through a website called www.play.com. I sat down and watched it from beginning to end tonight and I was completely captivated by the whole movie. The scenery was breathtaking and the storyline was just as I remembered it. It was one of those movies that you simply did not want to end. I thought the acting was superb throughout but a special mention here for the superb actress that is Joan Plowright. Hers was a small part but she stood out like the fantastic actress she is. A previous reviewer said it was a film that the often criticised British Film Industry is so good at making. I couldn't have put it better myself.