Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Steineded How sad is this?

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

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

padraigjoseph1979 I have watched 'The Thorn Birds' several times and it is a well made show and deserves all the praise it has received. However I can't help wondering if there should be a remake like there was with 'Roots' made in Australia with Australian actors and with Australian accents. Just an idea. Well Australian actors are everywhere at the moment so a dramatization of one of their most popular novels wouldn't be that big. Look no disrespect to the original but I think an Aussie version of an Aussie novel which 'The Thorn Birds' happens to be. I think that Colleen McCullough never liked the mini series. Would she have liked it if it had been made in Australia with Australian actors. Who Knows?

jamezynj My wife wanted to see this so I rented it on DVD & we saw it last night.There was one thing that bothered me during the movie...When Meggie went to and from Matlock Island, she had to be shuttled by boat. When Ralph showed up on the same island, he was dropped off by car. Why didn't he need a boat as well? I believe this deserves a filming oops! Perhaps as a holy man, he could drive on water??BTW, I also thought that Father Ralph and the other priest had a great chemistry together! Itis too bad the movie wasn't about a homosexual relationship within the church, cause those two appeared to be way into the man-on-man kissing scenes.

karen-millard One of the best (and first) mini-series ever! I remember watching it faithfully every night while new, going so far as to have to go to my grandmother's house with a friend one night to watch that evening's episode.Richard Chamberlain was the hottest thing then! Rachel Ward, as Meggie, was a little limp then, but I thought that Mare Winningham was incredible as Justine, even though young and around my age at the time. The series stayed faithful to the book, and I have followed Mare Winningham throughout the years and think that she is a great actress and singer also. A super series, and the groundwork for whatever followed.

junno2004 The Thorn Birds mini-series is an honest-to-goodness adaptation by Carmen Culver of a classic novel by Colleen McCullough. It is sad to note that people who have read the book tend to compare it with the movie. I myself have read the book, and I can say that Ms Culver couldn't have done it better. The thing is, comparing a classic novel to an adaptation, no matter how brilliant it was done, just doesn't add up - a novelist versus a screenwriter is a no contest. Why not see the movie, judge it according to it's merits, and find out for yourself why it was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards and won 6, including Best mini-series made for TV.The Thorn Birds is one of the best things that happened to television in the 80's. It is a timeless classic that was as heartwarming then as it is now, 23 years later.This is one of the best, if not the best, love story of all time.