BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

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.

drsdv I love period dramas/movies. So I was incredibly happy when I saw Doctor Thorne. I was pretty set on watching it but read the reviews anyway and almost all except one of them were saying it was good.The things that come to my mind right away are:Some scenes almost look like cgi, like they were filmed in front of a green screen. I know nothing about cinematography so I don't know what the problem was but it just felt off.Almost every actress had very visible lipstick and mascara on (some even false lashes), they just looked very made-up and that takes away from the historical feel of the show.Over-acting, the actress playing Marry Thorne was the most faulty of it but honestly the only one that felt natural for me was Tom Hallender. Whenever Marry Thorne came on it just took me out of the show even more if that is even possible because everything feels so inauthentic.Dialogue is just bad.No 18th century atmosphere, just actors with 18th century clothing.Overall this feels like a parody. I could only endure for the first episode.

gayleloveland ----Kudos to Amazon for bringing to the screen one of Trollope's lesser-known tales...Rich in period detail and visually stunning, "Dr. Thorne" is a must-see for fans of period dramas, Jane Austen, and the Victorian era, in general....---The acting in "Thorne" is uniformly excellent--bringing together an ensemble cast that brings Trollope's tale to life...The story is both universal and current: love, loss, jealousy-- and secrets---underpinned by the all-important quest for riches...---I particularly enjoyed Julian Fellowes' introductions to each episode--giving us his take on both Trollope and his characters; this was an excellent addition to an excellent screenplay (penned by himself)....---I can only add the hope that Amazon will produce many more of such tales---utilizing the fabulous skills of the inimitable Fellowes.....Most Excellent!

jimboucherat Doctor Thorne represents a new nadir in British televisual period drama, notwithstanding Fellowes' woeful track record. Resolutely "broad" pablum crudely targeting the lucrative historical nostalgia market in the U.S., this risibly perfunctory effort is wholly devoid of any artistic merit whatsoever. There is without doubt a rich seam of Trollope material tailor made for TV adaptation and earlier BBC efforts such as He Knew he was Right (2004) and The Way we Live Now (2001) were well scripted, articulate examples of such.Fellowes adopts his usual cynical lowest common denominator approach with this particular effort which consequently renders the source material prosaically banal beyond belief. A woeful excuse for a script that would be considered too unsubtle even for pantomime, tired, rote acting from many otherwise capable professionals and grotesquely gauche and shallow character definition, represent just the high points of this monstrosity. Vacuous posturing masquerading as authentic drama and failing miserably.

l_rawjalaurence After a slow beginning, during which time the story unfolds in a series of shot/reverse shot sequences accompanied by Ilan Eshkeri's rather obtrusive music, Julian Fellowes's adaptation of a lesser known Trollope novel proves extremely entertaining.This is due in no small part to the eternal conflict between money, power, and love that underpins the plot. Pauper Mary Thorne (Stefanie Martini) loves rich Frank Gresham (Harry Richardson), but their path towards true romance is perpetually blocked by Frank's avaricious mother Lady Arabella (Rebecca Front). Add to the mix a drunken baronet (Ian McShane), and his even more loutish son Louis (Edward Franklin), with designs on Mary, not to mention a slob-like nouveau riche man Mr. Moffatt (Danny Kirrane), and we have the perfect recipe for a series of conflicts between characters of different generations and different socio-economic groups.At the story's heart stands the eponymous Doctor Thorne (Tom Hollander), a basically good-hearted person with a penchant for protecting those less able to defend themselves against unwonted social criticism. Director Niall MacCormick uses the close-up to good effect, showing Thorne's suppressed emotions in the most difficult situations, which only boil over once during a dinner party when Louis unleashes a volley of drunken insults at the entire company.Fellowes's script is not without its humorous elements, especially in the comic opportunities given to Lady Arabella and her equally avaricious sister-in-law the Countess de Courcy (Phoebe Nicholls). Like a pair of aging dowagers they stride through the Gresham family seat, knocking everything and everyone aside in their attempts to break up Mary and Frank's affair. However they get their comeuppance in the end, when Mary's true social status is revealed. The sight of Lady Arabella's henpecked husband Frank (Richard McCabe) laughing fit to burst is one of the adaptation's most memorable moments.Filmed in and around stately piles in Wiltshire, Somerset, and Hertfordshire, DOCTOR THORNE convincingly recreates a world of rigid socio-economic divisions where everyone was supposed to know their place and accept it. The fact that Doctor Thorne refuses to conform to his expected role gives this adaptation its dramatic impetus. It is only a short adaptation - 3 episodes of 48 minutes each - but it is extremely watchable.