Joe Matthews

I think the synopsis should have made it clearer that this is a very religious based film. It started off being relatively engaging but became deeply bible-based until every line spoken had a christian connotation . As a result it was quite frankly very implausible and a little nauseating in a Disney sort of way. We couldn’t sit through it and so had to leave after about a hour.

Dreadful. Bad acting, terrible story, totally implausible. Awful. Don’t waste your time.

Hmmm, good cast, a few laughs, beautiful locations. Not a great deal else. Far-fetched Disneyesque story, credibility issues ( 2 serious law infringements with no comeback?)The problem for me was that I wasn’t invested in any of the characters. I think Malkovich was miscast ( his bumbling French was irritating and characatured) and lady of the house was overacting from square one. I feel someone with a little more texture ( Gerard depardieu?) would perhaps have been better cast as Mr Blake. Very obvious despite being feel good- not too many brain cells needed for this one.

Some brilliant acting but soooooo boring.

Emma Thompson is amazing but I felt that the film was rushed and quite frankly not a patch on the original series. I am not sure that such an epic story can be covered adequately in 2 hours.

I liked it. Beginning is fragmented and the cinematographic style is irritating as it skips from one place to another constantly to quickly tell the history, but after that the special effects are good, story is captivating and characters are endearing. Very watchable I thought.

Every cliche in the book. Some amusing moments but incredibly far fetched, over structured and frankly some very nauseating moments.

Based on traditional views of good and evil ie God and the devil rather than modern day ideas relating to the evil within human beings and what evil people do to one another. I think for us oldies, this film is great as it embraces our older perceptions. Younger people seem to perceive it as hocus pocus rubbish- I thought it was very entertaining and I thought Russell Crowe was great.

Loved it. Work of partial fiction but brilliantly acted and written. Very good. Give it a chance.