Alicia I love this movie so much

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

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.

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Johnaricka I had not read the book and I'm ashamed to say I haven't read many of the classics but why read them when I can watch them so beautifully? I loved watching how each character changed in the duration of the four episodes and wished it was longer. You really felt Margaret's disdain and then loyalty to the union workers plight. It's like she really was looking from the outside and seeing both sides. Well done!

Olga Klimenko Powerful, brilliant, captivating adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's masterpiece. The casting is perfect. Each and every actor is where he/she is meant to be. The atmosphere, the spirit are delivered perfectly.Richard Armitage....well, there's no need to say anything. He is The One and Only Mr.Thornton ever :) He seems to step down from the pages of the novel.Daniela Danby-Ashe as Margaret is so breathtakingly beautiful, you can't take your eyes off her luminous face as if chiselled of marble. But her play even more so betters her beauty.And - by the way - the music is outstanding! Enchanting and beautiful, very genuinely creating the atmosphere. The only flaw of the film is that they - for some reason - cut out few of the most crucial dialogs/lines between the leading characters. Well, they are not cut out entirely, but thoroughly changed, and, though are pretty fine in their own merit, would be much better for them to be the exact quotations from the novel. For example the scene of the first proposal and the final scene of reaching the understanding between John Thornton and Margaret. These scenes were made wonderfully....but - if the film-makers followed exactly the dialogs as they were put in the book (especially Thornton's lines and expressive manner) - it would be by far more perfect and breathtaking than it already is. So, my vote "9", not "10" - for these little but crucial (from my point of view) alterations from the original dialogs of the book.

Teacuppy Spoiler at the end!!!The focus of this series is not on romance, but on its beautiful story that is about so much more than just romantic LOVE between two persons. The focus is on its message that you need to look at things from different perspectives and try to understand the other sides as well. It is a heartwarming story, with real and complex characters which are very likable (except for one annoying character - John's sister...I hated her), it has beautiful and well put together romance aspect (if you consider that it is not placed in modern era) filled with those subtle gentle caresses...looks...moments. It also has heartbreaking scenes...it managed to make me cry.Everything developed with just the right speed, it was captivating, direction was excellent, it has beautiful scenery...The actors are absolutely amazing !!! and Richard Armitage is breathtaking.PURE PERFECTIONI could tell you so much more about this, describe things that I LOVED, but that would take away from it - you better see it yourself.This will be REwatched many times!!!! And the book will be read too !!!!*I recommend this* to anyone who likes period dramas but also to ones who are open to new things. My MALE friend watched this with me and he was amazed as well. :)10/10 ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH for this masterpiece!!!!!..............................................................SPOILER :The Last scene in front of the train while they are sitting and he looks at her gently and with so much love...is the most romantic one I've ever seen...and nothing will ever be just as good...BY the end I WAS left starving for more....and more.... - that is maybe the only flaw I found !!!! it needs more kisses and stuff...damn it :(

Ronnie Red Margaret Hale, daughter of a priest Richard Hale migrates along with her family from the simple, dull and old fashioned lifestyle to an industrial town Milton. Miss hale with her simple and humanitarian doctrines finds constantly hard to cope with the modern society. The plot here is taken of 18th century Victorian Era. With the prejudice of insipid and rigorous Industrial Revolution, where the means of production are only in the hands of a few people Margaret meets the townspeople. Here she meets the exploited laborers and their owners Mr. Thornton specially, an obdurate and callous aristocrat. Margaret with her unyielding resolutions quickly develops contempt for industrialist town Milton but in the end finds that preconceptions often mislead.Contrary to Auterism, in case of Adaptions we know it's the screenplay which shines out. The difficulty about good adaption is that the characters are predefined so there is not much room for improvisations. As for this it is an excellent adaption, one who has read thoroughly the Victorian era knows that plot executed is exactly reminiscent of the 18th century. Elizabeth Gaskell who published this in 1855, her work mostly deals with social novels. The characters and dialect is simple and efficient. Unitarianism urges comprehension and tolerance toward all religions and, even though Gaskell tried to keep her own beliefs hidden (being a Unitarian), she felt strongly about these values, which permeated her works—as in North and South, where "Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together. It did them no harm." Much credit to the cast for their exquisite performances, especially Daniela (Hale),Richard (Thornton) but Sinead Cosack (Mrs. Thornton) and Brendan Coyle (Mr. Higgins) steals the show. Brendan who is nominated currently for Primetime Emmy for best supporting actor in Downtown abbey lives up to your expectations. He finely portrays Mr. Higgins, union leader, as a proud, honest, egoistic man working for the better of the society and his family. Whereas Mrs. Thornton much attached to his only son Thornton, constantly supporting him morally is finely depicted by Cosack. A great mixture of history, drama and romance, North & South (2004) is a winner in every sense.