As is typical with BBC miniseries, the quality writing and lush sets add to the overall appeal. Andrew Davies, who adapted Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary, penned the marvelous screenplay (based on Elizabeth Gaskell's unfinished novel). It's impossible not to compare this to the ever-popular Pride, and Wives and Daughters measures up. --Jenny Brown

Wives and Daughters

• North & South
• The Inheritance
• The Buccaneers
• Cranford
• Persuasion
• Middlemarch
• Daniel Deronda
• Our Mutual Friend
• Masterpiece Theatre: Northanger Abbey
• Under the Greenwood Tree

Treat yourself to this high class soap opera. This is a delightful story, well acted and produced by the BBC. It is much better than anything you will see on TV or in the movies.

The performances are outstanding. Also Elizabeth Gaskell is a very fine writer who understood perhaps better than others the real plight of the lower classes. The stepsisters become fast friends despite their very obvious differences in character. Prior to the arrival of Molly's step mother and step sister, Molly has befriended the Hamley's who have two sons the much beloved Osbourne and the lesser discussed Roger Hamley. The story progresses with Molly being told secrets from every angle that she must conceal. With that being said the BBC was not releasing miniseries on the heels of the success of Pride and Prejudice, they have been doing miniseries of great books for quite awhile.

It really is a treasure and a lot of fun to watch. Hamley. Gibson desires her daughter to marry Osbourne for he should be worth a good fortune. Molly is all politeness, good manners and more awkward than Cynthia who is worldly and outspoken.

As for Wives and daughters Molly Gibsons happy little life is turned topsy turvey when her father the local doctor marries a woman who is ridiculous and vain and brings to the marriage her own daughter who is unabashedly vain. She had the rare experience of moving about the city where others did not go because she was the minister's wife.

In fact when I see his name in the credits I can be certain that the story will be spot on to the book and done in an entertaining fashion.

Including her own secret about a certain Mr.

He really is brilliant. Andrew Davies is fantastic at doing screenplay adaptations.

Mrs.

It was a very good movie, set in about the same time period as Jane's books. It is long, as all really good movies are; it's about 4-5 hours long.

It was a good movie, with a good storyline, but not as romantic as a Jane Austen movie. I also bought North and South at the same time, which was written by the same author and I prefer that movie to this one.

The main couple never even kiss, which was a little disappointing. I would recommend both movies, but I would recommend North and South more highly.

It's more romantic and similar to Pride and Prejudice. I bought this movie because it was categorized with a few Jane Austen movies on a website.

But even with that, it is still a cute movie.

Enjoy it. I would have loved to have had more to watch. (The one DVD is of the making of the series). It was made for TV, so there are breaks in the movie but this can be useful if you want to watch it over several days. There are three DVD's in this package and I wished that the story would have never ended. The directors and screen writers did an excellant job with this movie.

The movie is clean, wholesome and sweet, sweet, sweet. Perfect for moms and their teenage daughters. Perfect for anyone (especially girls) aged twelve and up, mainly because of interest level. The scenery is gorgeous and most of the characters are quite loveable(even the "bad guys.") Not too heavy on the drama, it's a fairly light movie that is overall pretty uplifting. One of my favorite movies now. I checked this movie out from the library, but I plan to buy it when possible. There are a few serious or sad parts that fit into the storyline, but they don't dominate the tone.