How two 5-star movies ended up in a 3.5 star review.
The first two movies mentioned below are made-for-TV films I've seen before, dearly love and will undoubtedly watch again and again. Not so the other two. The third one I vaguely recall having seen before, found it to be "just okay," and now that I've seen it twice, am highly unlikely to ever watch it again. The fourth, the "classic" 1948 "Anna Karenina," I simply couldn't drag my way through. So, rating this DVD package as a whole, the star count ends up as middling, with an extra half star thrown in for its bargain price.
THE INHERITANCE is a 1997 made-for-TV movie based on a Louisa May Alcott story. There's nothing British about it: not its author, characters, accents or setting--Americans all. It stars Meredith Baxter, Tom Conti, Cari Shayne and Thomas Gibson (who, at the time, was also "Greg" of "Dharma & Greg" and now stars in the TV series "Criminal Minds.") Here he's the tall, dark, rich and handsome eligible bachelor that a wealthy family is trying to marry...
I bought this for one of the included titles
I bought this set because I have wanted to watch "Love Among the Ruins" again - I remember this teaming of Laurence Olivier and Katharine Hepburn from when it first aired (made for television film in 1975) and loved it. It is a charming December/December romance -- two people who'd been lovers as young adults, were separated by circumstance and reunite when she is sued for breach of promise by a young man (Olivier is asked to become her lawyer -- and is appalled to discover that she doesn't remember their youthful romance). It is as charming and witty as I remembered it -- I highly recommend this Edwardian period film for anyone who enjoys watching two consummate performers do what they do best. The John Barry musical score is delightful as well.
The other three films included in this set are worth a look. I’ve never been a fan of the Vivien Leigh version of “Anna Karenina”, but she and Ralph Richardson turn in fine performances. “The...
bought for 'Love Among the Ruins'
I've been looking for 'Love Among the Ruins' for years. It has never been available on dvd before, that I know of. I had taped it off tv. VHS tapes only last but so long. This is a wonderful movie and how can you do better than Hepburn and Olivier?
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