Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

elanorblue Such a compelling story. It's been a long time since I have seen something so original. From beginning to end was a complete surprise. Colin Morgan's performance was one of his best. This story was told so well and so completely.

ladybug2535 Loved it! They certainly could have easily had a season 2, I'm very disappointed that it's been cancelled. I really liked the unique take on the usual ghost story and the idea that there are places in which the veil is thin between the living and the dead and where time seems to play tricks. Good story, great acting and lovely setting, this show kept me engaged from start to finish. Very sorry not to see it coming back for part 2.While I don't want to throw out any spoilers, I will say that it seems as if a season 2 was planned, and that in anticipation of that unfulfilled promise the neatly wrapped up story line was done a disservice at the very end. You'll see what I mean. Even so, the tacked on secondary ending does nothing to detract from the rest of the season--just ignore it like a burp at the end of a good meal. That said, I do highly recommend the show, especially if you like Gothic mysteries.

robertemerald I've only seen two episodes, so count me out if you are needing an end run at this series.What I did see is safe horror for romantics. It's not for me, I'm not a romantic, but even so I didn't mind watching it (normally I would) so critically it is working on levels apart from that romanticism. This is not Thomas Hardy, whom treads a line where the central characters are flawed rather than the supporting cast. Here it is the reverse if anything, and in fact any flaws are more the aberrations that tragedy brings. It's the type of horror that sets one weeping for the sadness of it all, and as a period piece I think is authentic for that. This is not a jump out of your seat horror, though it has creepy moments galore. This is a new vision of the age of Thomas Hardy, and if you enter into that spirit, you should come away satisfied. As with all BBC the visage is perfect, the shot framing wonderful, the little touches touching or appropriate or interesting, and overall the concept is reasonably novel. This is like old horror tales you remember having read somewhere, such as ones from anthologies, written well before our time. For me it was too romantic … a sort of we live next door to Wuthering Heights in the summer.The lighting was good, the details and costume very authentic, the characters engaging. The pace was good for television, but a little too fast for me. I would preferred it slower with resolution waiting for another episode, as some of the sub-plot lines require. There is the promise of a deeper mystery here, and rest assured I will be one of the ones that comes back to the show from time to time to ultimately discover what that mystery is.

buffyroper The Living and the Dead is a very evocative celebration of rural England. It is powerful because, rather than present a life of twee corn-dollies and doilies, it presents the real struggles of life on the land, and what the agricultural year used to mean to people: i.e. everything. The haunting come across as an expression of this place in time and I think, despite other reviews, are truly original in that they are rooted in deep story. The central characters are mostly real and deep - especially Gideon and Nathan Appleby. I find Charlotte's character a little cookie cutter at times - she is the straightforward one. The acting by Morgan is really rather stop-you-in-your- tracks, but I must also acknowledge that I am a red blooded female with an appreciation for tortured souls in a waistcoat. The twists, and complexities of plot, the imagery of the thing and - most of all I think- the questions it raises about the nature of time, make this compelling TV viewing. Many are super keen for more.