Wordiezett So much average
Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!
Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
biancajordan This is a superb show. The best series I have followed in years. The actors are fantastic and do justice to the period. The cinematography is beautiful. I love the themes that are explored that help us to realise that prejudice existed both in the 1950s and now. Add to that the fact that 2 of the leading men are rather dishy and I'm definitely a fan!
magical-kingdom A Place to Call Home: a gripping, captivating tale, reminiscent of Downton Abbey but with more scandal.Focusing on an aristocratic Australian family saga during the early to mid 1950's. The acting is phenomenal, and the series is very well written. It addresses a wide range of many social issues that are still relevant today. Shocking secrets, twists and turns and lies to keep you thoroughly involved. Characters to admire and abhor.Sarah,lead female character is brimming with wisdom. Showing great endurance, determination to keep the faith and poise. The series is a great teacher of history, human pain and modern issues that still remain unresolved in society. Jack and Olivia are other favorites.Patriarch George, a good man at heart but narrow-minded. He has difficulty with acceptance, understanding and empathy. Likely attributed to his Matriarch Mother Elizabeth who thrives on running other lives and cannot be described as a lady who wishes everyone well. Really enjoyed seeing her change while recognizing her shortcomings. George is much slower following her lead.Villains: Regina and Sir Richard. Two of a kind evil incarnated individuals. Hope to see them both get their comeuppance without further damaging consequences to other characters. So pleased to discover this wonderful binge worthy series.
carolmunroe-96924 I am glued to the television every day I so look forward to watching this programme then I find out it is just going to end why oh why end such a fab series, its far better than neighbours and home and away and they have been going years why is when a brilliant programme is launched they go ahead and spoil it by cutting it short very disappointed by this
Oscarfan I stumbled across "A Place to Call Home" on Acorn TV. It shows life in the 1950's where any diversity in the population is suspect. Never mind that Australia, like America, had a large population of immigrants who came to the country earlier (regardless of how those first immigrants arrived) and now eschew and refuse to accept anyone who isn't exactly like themselves. I just finished Episode 5 in Series 1 and the series has already addressed a myriad of differences. You just know that everyone has secrets that motivate their behavior and those secrets are revealed in subtle ways that could happen in the repressed 1950's. The only disappointment to me - and it's a big one - is how this series portrays the Jewish observances of the main character, Sarah, so inaccurately. It's the "Day of Atonement" episode that made me wonder if the writers, directors or anyone connected with the show utilized a technical consultant like a rabbi or scholar in Judaism. This episode has Sarah offering her apologies to others for her wrongdoings (most notably, Mrs. Bligh) on the day of Yom Kippur. Such apologies must occur before Yom Kippur begins, not on the day. Sarah rides a bicycle on Yom Kippur which someone observant would not do. The rituals and practices are many on Yom Kippur and I could on and on but you get the idea. The errors are too numerous to list. I intend to keep watching. I do wonder, though, what errors might be apparent in the portrayal of other characters whose presence in the series is so crucial to the period of intolerance that was the 1950's.
