Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Wordiezett So much average

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

rgnewell I grew up near Red Cloud, Nebraska the home of Willa Cather, author of the O'Pioneers novel. In coming of age I fell in love twice with girls like Jessica Lange. In watching this movie for a second time, I have now fallen in love four times. Most people today associate love with sex, drink, and having fun. They miss the whole point. It is like bringing a city slicker to the prairie and wondering why they just can not see the beauty and joy of nature. If you can not get joy from wheat waving in the wind, you will miss the whole point of laying in it with someone wonderful. This movie brought back these feelings. I even thought wouldn't it be wonderful to have lunch with Jessica Lange to ask what the land taught her.

my_superstar73 I watched the film right after I finished Willa Cather's novel. The book is very beautifully written and I highly recommend reading it. But the movie is a failure in my opinion. Although Lange and Aldrich are brilliant in their acting, but the rest of the characters not only are chosen improperly, but also are pretty disappointing in their acting. The portrayal of Marie and Frank are not accurate enough and do not explain things such as why Alexandra wanted to help Frank get out of jail. The scene of the murder was very generically done, especially after one reads that same scene in Cather's description. In other words I would like to highly encourage the reading of the novel itself, but beware of the disappointing film. Do not waste your time on it.

Ratspinkie I had never read the novel before so I was coming into this movie cold. While I understood that the basis for the story was about a woman's learning to love and respect the land, I nonetheless found it to be quite the little snoozefest. Thanks much for tipping me off that it was faithful to Willa Cather's novel (which I won't be buying anytime soon unless I happen to go through another bout of insomnia).For a much more entertaining movie about a woman's love for the land, pop Gone With the Wind into your DVD player. Give me the emotional Irish any day of the week next to the "stoic" Swedes. It actually took a hotheaded German capping off some rounds into a couple of lovers before anyone expressed a little emotion.What truly surprised me was how actors as talented as Jessica Lange and David Strathairn generated absolutely no chemistry together. I'm guessing that Strathairn's character, Carl, the sensitive, caring artist was actually gay trying to pass for straight. That would certainly explain their gentle platonic friendship.

rreagan-2 Scandinavians are, as a rule, stoic -- I think the previous viewer missed that dynamic. That, and for a woman to have achieved success during the time this woman did was quite an accomplishment. I guess we just want more drama or shoot-em-up in our films these days, but having run a farm and done so well seems a task that eludes many in our modern world. Whoever didn't like this film most likely was sorely out of touch with the culture at the time it was set, as well as that of the ethnic group. Jessica's character reminds me very much of someone in my own family, and her accomplishments, against often insurmountable odds, is nothing short of spectacular.Sorry it's not exciting enough for some. The real world is not made up of alien invasions and ghetto trauma. It's a feel-good film of a culture that worked hard and succeeded. I, for one, appreciate it.