Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

lanettekarner I was not sure I was going to enjoy this, but I have almost binge watched it!It has a frontier town theme, with the best bits of romance and angst from the period dramas 'North and South' and 'Pride and Prejudice.'I enjoyed the premise and story line and relating this drama to the history of real life towns set up around such 19th century projects. Life was brutal and this series reflects that well.Give this one a chance and see how the story, characters and great acting draw you in.Thoroughly recommend:)

marielaC I found the first episode boring, or maybe I couldn't concentrate properly because of the wig Jessica Raine was wearing. But it gets better as the episodes go on. The plot is full of clichés and the action is predictable but I don't think acting was bad. Someone mentioned the scene of the women doing the laundry, and I agree. One of the women is washing some clothing while standing on her two feet, and she doesn't look wet or anything. Anyways... On the whole, the show remains mild and unimpressive throughout, but I still watch it to the end. I give it 6 stars.

Richard von Lust This series is simply a classic example of mainstream pulp fodder aimed to push modern political idealism by setting it in the past and trying to convince a mindless audience everyone has always thought what Hollywood wants us to think now.OK it wasn't directly made by Hollywood but a quick check on the production associates and the financial origins behind this rubbish will identify the link. Independent UK productions are just a dream of the past: now we have to suffer virtual Westerns set in Victorian Yorkshire.And we have to suffer the pulp of beautiful young women in carefully contrived modern make up playing mature mothers in poor villages 150 years ago. And colored bosses behaving as if civil rights had been won before time began. The plot is contrived and predictable, the sets are designed by fashion students and the acting gives as much feeling for the 19th century as Macauley Culkin in Home Alone.You are better off watching WWE wrestling: avoid if you value you time.

grahamt1 An American with 30 years experience put in charge of a British railway gang? In those days the British were way ahead of the Americans in railway building techniques, and most American bridges were still being made of wood, so why would he be a good man to be in charge of building a stone viaduct?As someone already pointed out, there were no Irish accents, but 3 black characters; one with an American accent, one West Indies accent and one Yorkshire. Hardly realistic for 19th century Yorkshire. My Grandfather was a navvy on the Yorkshire railways in the 19th century. (He had a Cheshire accent.)Otherwise an enjoyable drama.Also the IMDb cast list has credited the wrong Dean Andrews. It should be http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1080214/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8 who also appeared in "Last Tango in Halifax"