VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

dutvich Starts a little slow but do watch it all. Very entertaining. For those that did not like it, I am sorry no Bruce Willis, blowing things up. Go back and finish high school.

tom-mackay I came across the book via an entry in a book called "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die", which I have come to trust as a great pointer to entertaining works. The point-of-view in the book is rigidly and relentlessly that of the youngest daughter. And the picture that is painted from Lucia's 5 year old perspectiove is done very simply and lightly, with no deviation into a more adult rendering of the events. There are no "aha" moments, no coming-of-age realizations...just a world-view of a 5 year old girl, where anything and everything is already fantastical and enchanting.Never seen the movie. But looking forward to it, if it can remain faithful to the author's intent, should be very interesting and unique in film.

ndrapela Kate Winslett in this movie is like a handful of diamonds thrown into an outhouse of raw sewage. Kate is a wonderful, amazing actress and her presence in this movie is nothing other than a shame. The movie portrays a selfish, hippie mother traipsing about North Africa with no regard for her beautiful little girls as a sort of "fun" adventure. In other words, the mother is the heroine despite neglecting her children to espouse "free love" (in front of them) and this sort of thing. It is truly twisted. One gets the feeling that it was written by a self-centered, middle-aged woman who always wished she had done something like this but never got to. It is depressing and sad, especially if you are a parent.The movie also treats the savage culture of that area of the world as sort of quaint and beautiful in its own way. It's the old propaganda on "ethnocentrism" we have all been so ruthlessly subjected to in college in an attempt to brainwash us into believing that there is no such thing as a "civilized" culture. Why of course defecating on the ground and wiping with your hand is just as civilized as any other culture.If you enjoy child abuse or just lots of dirty, immoral people with no teeth, you may want to catch this movie. Otherwise, spare yourself the mental slime you will accumulate after having subjected yourself to such cultural and moral camel manure.

tom sawyer Kate Winslet is a great actress and not bad looking to boot. BUt this movie well lacked a story. Winslet's character was very unsimpathetic and selfish. She was basically a bad mother who put her kids in a bad and unhealthy situation all because she wanted to find herself. AAhh the sixties, what a wonderful time! Did this movie have a purpose or a meaning. I sure didn't see it. It is a very big waste of video tape. Seems like Winslet is too good of a talent to be in these kind of pictures, then again, she signs up for them.This movie get a minus four. It sucked to bad to even get one star out of four.