Starring: Justine Waddell, Bill Paterson, Francesca Annis, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hollander Directed By: Nicholas Renton Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: BBC Warner Number of Items: 3 Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 26, 2006 Running Time: 300 minutes Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 2002
Product Description: From the team that brought you "Pride and Prejudice." Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers the story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson the only daughter of a respected country Doctor.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 794051267627 Manufacturer No: E2676
Amazon.com: Misguided stepmothers, romantic betrayals, secret marriages--these are not just the makings of modern soap operas; this is what makes the BBC's delightful four-episode miniseries Wives and Daughters come to life. Sweet Molly Gibson (played artfully by Justine Waddell, who communicates more with a squint of her eyes than most actresses can with pages of dialogue) was living life pleasantly when her widowed father (Bill Paterson) decides that, for the good of his daughter, he must remarry. In comes Claire, played to screeching perfection by Francesca Annis. Molly's life is turned upside down by the usually well meaning but off-the-mark Claire, who insists on things being done the proper way. Added to the stew is Claire's beautiful, educated daughter, Cynthia (Keeley Hawes), and the Hamleys, a well-to-do family headed by a squire (Michael Gambon) who is not happy about the romantic interests of his sons.
As is typical with BBC miniseries, the quality writing and lush sets add to the overall appeal. Andrew Davies, who adapted Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary, penned the marvelous screenplay (based on Elizabeth Gaskell's unfinished novel). It's impossible not to compare this to the ever-popular Pride, and Wives and Daughters measures up. --Jenny Brown
Wives and Daughters A drama involving a community of folks that create lives that enthrall the watcher with emotion and carries you to the end. The costumes are lovely and consistent with the period. A good film to own.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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