FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Chrysanthepop Leland's 'The Land Girls' is an interesting take on WWII. It's shown from a British and female point of view. The movie isn't exactly a war movie but it is more of a romantic drama with WWII as an important background. Storywise, the movie does remind me of 'Belle Epoque' but the treatment is very different. I liked the use of the settings. The beautiful green countryside landscape is breathtaking to watch and the characters are interesting. I liked that the sets weren't overdone because the farm and town look very real. The film has a Brit charm to it but at times the pacing is a tad too slow and I wish the writer and director added more comedy to it. The performances are solid. Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel are all brilliant as the land girls. Maureen O'Brien is very likable in a supporting role. Steven Mackintosh makes himself noticeable in a film about women. I also liked the gentle soothing soundtrack which is used with fine subtlety. Overall, 'The Land Girls' makes for a decent rainy day flick and it's not bad at all for a one-time watch.

bob the moo Stella (Catherine McCormack), Prue (Anna Friel) and Ag (Rachel Weisz) play three "land girls", volunteers to carry on the agricultural work of the men. On the farm they find love, conflict, friendship and cows. The film is more of a relationship drama of those left behind than an account of the second world war.That said it is an interesting piece - not only is it different to have a WW2 film from a British point-of-view but also from a woman's point of view. It is interesting to see how those left behind acted with their lives and their war efforts - how close to the truth this account is, anyone's guess, it's a bit unrealistic because so many girl's experiences are crammed into the story of these three. The story is good regardless with the tangled relationships creating the glut of the plot, however the many tangled love stories do get a bit much at times but the themes of love, loss and British spirit during wartime tend to make up for it.The performance from the lead trio are mixed, Weisz is a bit stereotyped as an upper-class woman ("rotter", "jolly good" etc) but gets better as her character develops. Friel is good as Prue who starts as the roughest of the group but is touched by the events in her life. McCormack (Stella) is meant to be the core of the story with her interactions with the farmers, especially the son Joe (Steven Mackintosh), but she plays it a little over earnest for my liking. Mackintosh has the most complex role and carries it off very well with the best performance in the film.The film's conclusion is a mix of neat, tidy endings and some more emotional moments that more realistically depict the damage that the conflict caused on the people left behind.Overall the film is not amazing but is an interesting account of WW2 from a different point of view, some of the events are a little stereotyped and lack a realistic feel but generally the film carries the emotions that many will have experienced at the time.

manemu The plot is very realistic, the activities fun to watch, the ending hard to guess. Typical British film with hard to follow accents, bawdy behavior, average camera work. Overall a nice way to kill an hour or two.

Niro Here's an engaging marriage of the tremendous "Cold Comfort Farm" and that awful Italian "hired hand beds three sisters on a farm" film [whose name escapes me, which is a good thing].This is an always~interesting character study of three radically different young British women who, during the early stages of WWII, join England's "Women's Land Army" ~ a war effort which had women working fields in order to cultivate more crops for food for the troops.The trio lands in a rural farm, essentially because the farm's frequently~irrascible patriarch's randy son is about to join the RAF.Said "joining" is continually postponed by the son for various reasons ~ all of which involve women, and several of which rotate around the "Land girls."Sure, some of the material is derivative (what isn't, at this point in cinematic history?)But the performances are perfect: the only scenery~chewing you'll see here is by the scenery itself ~ lush landscapes of meadows, earthy shots of the work at hand, terrific [and appropriate at all times] cinematography.Cool reference to "Streetcar" leaps off the screen at a pivotal point in the film.Nice wrap~up as well. I stumbled across this on cable and was amazed that this didn't come through the Detroit suburban area...Now it's time for you to stumble upon it. You'll not regret the rental.