Reviews

Having read the book in HS (requirement), I was always intrigued by the main character, was his love for Daisy as much of a facade as his life? Having seen the '74 version and found it didn't answer my question, I feel this one gave me the answer. I liked Macquire and DiCaprio's portrayal. The acting overall was good. But the role of Daisy could not have been more erroneously cast. I do not feel the actress is nearly as beautiful as is required for the ethereal character. Horrific music really brought this down. Like the 20's didn't have an excellent source from which to draw!!! For what it's worth...

Ohhh! So this is what being entertained feels like! I had forgotten. Beautiful people, beautiful sets, funny lines and plot, sassy but classy...the primary ingredients for cinematic fun. I had to go back over 60 years to find this package but it was truly a treasure! Geez, I forgot my problems for 1.5 hrs, laughed heartily while my eyes ate dessert. Thanks old Hollywood! The industry better find its footing before its too late! ...Maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing...

Very well done. Gemma Jones is delightful, but lays on the Cockney accent a bit too thick imho...sounding like she should be a grubby gutter snipe, eats with her mouth open, talks with a mouthful, seems to lack any semblance of the social graces required to be noticed by the upper classes unless they were kinks - and many were. Seriously though she's Eliza Doolittle with a great job and a number of male admirers. I guess her performance being as dynamic as it is spices up this culinary soap. Great script, excellent acting, scenery. Nice to find a show that I can watch all the way through without boredom or aggravation. Seems to be a rather realistic view of Victorian British culture. Makes you thank God for modern conveniences!

Seriously, and I mean this from a clinical perspective, only those suffering some sort of cognitive defect could find this passable. A sad shame really. The cinematography is superb. Fiennes is at the height of beauty. But the severity of defects in this attempt is so severe, one can only question the the diagnosis behind the end product and the person or persons responsible for such. There is no sense in providing examples, they are ubiquitous.

I won't waste your time- like they wasted mine. Unwatchable.

Many know about the cultish secrecy around which Nettlix binds its viewership - & there's a reason for that. According to WSJ, Forbes, & others, execs are quoted as saying 'It's all about perception." Apprently an integral portion of budget- in guise of marketing - pays for hyped reviews building the 'perception' of rampant success/popularity. It's apropos that such creepy chicanery comes full frontal in a soapy series of horror tales: Shockingly melodramatic-hyper-emotive acting topped w/ saccharine soaked-inept (but cute) kid performers assault the senses like so many jump scares. The adrenaline rushes are rare & riddled w/ unnatural actor responses. This is a mash-up, a hybrid of horror & soap opera making its debut as a half-baked gollum, more gross than frightening- except for the fact it walks & talks like a legitimate creature-when in-fact it is purely the progeny of popular imagination. Truth will out stop with the whining-. Show me the ghosts!

A degradation of all humanity. I had a dozen humorous quips as to why this rates as the worst Musical -in order to make light of the painful reality... until I saw Colin Firth's face in the last scene he performs ( dancing/ singing behind bar). The look on his face was teeth-grinding humiliation.

It was then I realized the positively evil nature of this industry.

I watched this travesty with a friend who was in the entertainment industry a while back . we saw it and I highly populated area outside Chicago where approximately 35 people were in attendance on a Friday night at the 7:20 show (8/10/18). 3 people walked out around the 40 min pt. A man was snoring loudly a few rows behind.

The casting couch must have gotten an Olympic workout to have cast the two main stars Olivia Stone and someother blond- neither could sing...AT ALL. Nor could they dance. If fact I don't believe a true choreographer was hired.

The younger men seemed overtly gay. Not one laugh was elicited by the sudience intentionally- Cher's last wig did the trick. Truly revolting - dare I say nearly sub- human script writing - I'm sure the late Koco the gorilla could have provided better dialogue thru sign language.

One truly has to wonder if there is an agenda here- because we both complained about literal pain! It's bad enough to be cringe worthy, but the profound idiocy of the script, - in fact, the entire Concept ( that's a shout out to you Judy Craymer!$ ) it borders on nefarious.

Has the industry, now tired of demeaning actors and audiences moved in to diabolic acts of cognitive assault?

Or has the disconnect grown so cavernous the industry can no longer relate to the emotionally mature and intellectually sound?

Strange days indeed. Most peculiar Mama....

At least the host of PBS's MT admits that liberties were taken with the original work. A potentially poignant film is - per usual- smeared with cinematic fecal matter so predictably painted like graffiti in a subway. The larger picture of the societal ills particular to 17/18th century England is marred by pornography (almost to the point of comedy). I think I've seen more of Alex Kingston's nips than my own in the last six months. What should have been the Les Miserables of England is reduced to wanton balderdash, having negated the seriousness of the underlying theme. Though beautifully filmed, the audience's intelligence is mocked by bottom feeder's fodder. It seems the producer's M.O is H.L. Mencken's slight, "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." Fortunately, many may read the book to find out the real story - and actually learn something. My copy is now on order.