RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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

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

l-f-s There were so many hilarious quotes on Filthy Rich but one of my favorites that didn't make the quote list was: "For a moment there I had an overwhelming sensation of total desolation and utter futility, but I'm okay now." The episode with Bootsie and her "fantasy fur" was hilarious. Bootsie said something like "it's soft, it enhances trash cans and hair spray" the Carlotta says; " a lot of brightly colored monkeys had to die for that." Another favorite was when Carlotta got a job on Mud Island in Memphis. She apparently fell into the Mississippi River. When she came home, Marshal asked her something like what was she wearing. She said it was a Souther Belle outfit. He said, you look like you've been rung. I've literally been looking for this series to come out on tape or DVD. I'd love to have it and add it to my collection of favorite TV shows. Come on, it's only 15 episodes!

mkpfan There's no way to italicize Dixie Carter's delivery of the word "serve" with this particular forum, so that I will have to characterize it in prose. When Bootsie Westchester (breathily played by Ann Wedgeworth) worried aloud about what she would have to do if she got "a piece of gristle" at an upscale dinner party, Carlotta Beck (Dixie Carter's never been more caustic and haughty, but fun...) did a slow burn, and said, "We don't (shudder) *serve* gristle."This sums up the basic us vs. them premise of "Filthy Rich." However, there were really two different rivalries for control of the family's wealth. Carlotta and Stanley were the Established, Recognized members of the family, but hated the gold digging Kathleen (Delta Burke, in her first former beauty queen-with-a-penchant-for-tiaras-at-the-dinner-table role), who was married to the recently departed "Big Guy." The second family feud was between these three "legitimate" characters and the "trailer trash" Westchesters, who recently discovered that Wild Bill was the Big Guy's illegitimate son,and was in line for an inheritance, if they could all get along... As a raw parody of "Dallas" and other night time soaps, the show was absolutely perfect in its timing. It appeared as a summer replacement program and was wildly popular. Critics hated it, but audiences demanded that the network put the show in its regular lineup in the fall. Unfortunately, the show couldn't maintain the level of interest that it generated in the slow, dull, dog days of summer. Maybe the show was too "one joke" to sustain extended audience interest, plus the competition was providing new material, and it was no longer the only new fish in the pond. The writing was bawdy, brilliant, and satisfying when U.S. audiences couldn't get enough of oil-rich families fighting and trying to out-maneuver one another. It's a shame that it never got the chance to grow.

rapdunit This was the funniest series that was ever on TV. It needs to be available on video. I for one would buy several to give as gifts. Ann Wedgeworth is just hilarious, but every actor is superb. After 20 years, I still remember some of the scenes! Anyone who ever saw it has never forgotten it.

TelevisionJunkie You would think that since this show laid the groundwork for "Designing Women," and was a scathing spoof of '80s prime-time dramas, some network would pull it out of the vaults. It was, however, very different in tone and style than its successor...The Becks were a cut-throat, rich, Southern family who recently lost their patriarch, Big Guy. As a stipulation of Big Guy's "video" will, in order to acquire his wealth, the family had to live together at the family mansion and "cohabitate in love, peace and harmony" with one another -- and with Big Guy's recently revealed illegitimate son, trashy RV salesman Wild Bill Westchester ("and his lovely and whimsical wife, Bootsy"). This did not bode well with Big Guy's whiny son, Marshall, Marshall's domineering wife, Carlotta, or Big Guy's second (trophy) wife, gold-digger Kathleen. Although Marshall and Carlotta didn't particularly like Kathleen, "nothing brings enemies together like greed." Mother B was Big Guy's first wife (mother to Marshall and Stanley), a loopy nursing-home-runaway. Stanley was Big Guy's other son (and the object of Kathleen's affection), the only normal one in the family, who had invested his money wisely and didn't need any of Big Guy's anyway. The result was comedic gold. Dixie Carter, Delta Burke and Michael Lombard were hilarious as they devoured the scenery while conspiring to get Big Guy's cash. Nedra Volz was hysterical as the senile mother who spouted off whatever came to her mind ("Anyhow, I'm senile, half my teeth are gone - I don't care if you date goats!"). Ann Wedgeworth was brilliantly cast as the insipidly stupid country hick who thought she was smart (after all she had read the encyclopedia from A-Y!). Jerry Hardin was great as Wild Bill, a smooth talking southern dork. Charles Frank as the down-to-earth ladies man (who was often seen in a bubble-bath sporting a cowboy hat) was fantastic. And Slim Pickens was delightful as goofy Big Guy (though Forrest Tucker, who took over the role when Pickens was too ill to continue, was a little too sedate in the part). The writing was clever (though sometimes dated today) and the cast had an incredible chemistry.So what happened? CBS happened. It debuted as the #1 show, but CBS quickly bumped it around the schedule before dropping it altogether. What should have been a long-running hit was quickly reduced to a 15-episode memory. In one way, that's perhaps a good thing or "Designing Women" wouldn't have come to be. In another way, it's a horrible shame, since this was truly a great show. With the success of DW, it's surprising that Columbia has just left it sitting in the vaults -- more than a curio, it's a gem in a sea of rocks (since many '80s sitcoms were the latter) and tapes are extremely difficult to come by, even from TV collectors...