MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Kirpianuscus one of the most powerful series of the genre. not only because it is the story of a forbidden love. but because it has few virtues who defines it as subtle, delicate, seductive and convincing trip in the essence of this noble feeling.its secret of success - the contrast. the contrast between desire and duty. between the Church universe and a family from Australia. the contrast between manners to see the life. and the clash between two so different ways to live. and this facts did it , first, a series about faith . religious faith, off course, but, more important, the faith as expression of hope. Decade by decade, a Roman Catholic priest and a woman are new versions of Orpheus and Euridice.against all. as parts from the other.

Charles Poynton As an Australian who knows the country and sheep stations well, I found this TV series IMPOSSIBLE to watch.1) The landscape is not Australian. Australia is flat, scrubby, has red soil and certainly does not have North American tree species growing in the wild. The grass is usually spinifex, a really distinctive species which I am sure the director knew nothing about.2) The architecture was in keeping with Southern California, not Australia. Station homesteads in Australia are always of a single story and built with corrugated iron, mud brick (maybe) and bush timber poles. 3) Australians drive on the left hand side of the road.4) The flocks of sheep are anywhere between 2,000 and 10,000 head, comprised entirely of merinos, and are herded with dogs. The dogs are of quite specific breeds - kelpies and border collies - and are quite valuable. You don't shoot them because they fight.5) In the 1920s, fences were of timber poles with 6 - 8 plain wires topped by a single strand of barbed wire. Gates were generally made of the same materials and known as "cocky" gates. 6) Australians speak with Australian accents, not American ones. Sure, Irish immigrants might have Irish accents (but I did not notice too much of that) but their children will certainly speak with Australian or New Zealand accents (as the case may be).7) New Zealanders who have lived on farms will certainly have some idea about the handling and shearing of sheep.

edwagreen Wow! Best describes this brilliant film.No wonder Richard Chamberlain was known as the king of mini-series. He etched one unforgettable character after another.This time, he is Father Ralph Di Bricissart, who is loved by the town's wealthy Mary Carson. Barbara Stanwyck turned in a brilliant performance as Miss Carson. Her love for Father Ralph had no bounds. When he spurned her, she decided to fix him but good, even if it meant hurting her own family. That's exactly what she did by leaving her fortune to Father Ralph, thereby creating an embarrassing situation for him as well as the church.That being resolved, years pass and we are now finding out that a niece of Carson is romantically involved with Father Ralph. Dane is the result.The Australian outback is beautifully realized here. Jean Simmons, as the sister-in-law of Mary Carson is wonderful as well as the gentleman who portrayed her husband.A story of heartbreak and of the human spirit, "The Thorn Birds" is well recommended.

taitertot I have seen this series at least 3 or 4 times. Each time I discover something different about it. This last time I watched the entire series over a weekend. I felt the same emotions except they are much stronger as I have gotten older. The one thing I have a hard time with is why did Father Ralph not suspect that Dane was his? Maybe the book explains it better, but he could not have been that dense. Nevertheless, he was brilliant as Ralph, and Rachel Ward was brilliant as Meggie as well. On the DVD, there is a special section that has some of the characters interviewed. Richard Chamberlain is precious. You can feel how passionate he was and still is about this series. In a couple of places, he got choked up talking about Dane's ordination and the story about the Thornbird. He said they almost cast Jane Seymour for the role of Meggie, but she did not come across as so vulnerable as Rachel did. Rachel Ward seemed not as passionate about the piece as Richard, but she felt "fondly" of it. She said she did meet her husband (Bryan Brown), so it was definitely a turning point in her life. I'm sure this will be the most watched movie by myself in my life.