Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

An Extraordinary 19th Century 'Soap Opera':

Based on the fabulous 1886 Thomas Hardy novel, The MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE has been incredibly put to life with wonderful actors, costumes, and scenery. I can't even compare it to our modern day soap operas except for all the outrageous things that happen to the protagonist, Michael Henchard. Henchard is aptly portrayed by the brilliant Ciaran Hinds (who was wonderful in "Persuasion" and "Jane Eyre"). These things happen during an alcoholic situation or one of his manic-depressive states. Just when I start... more info

Great Adaptation:

I've seen this movie 3 times on A&E, and I loved it. The Mayor of Casterbidge is about a man named Michael Henchard, who sold his wife and baby daughter to a sailor at a county fair after he had had too much to drink. He regets this the next morning, and swears not to "drink anything stronger than tea" for the next 21 years. 19 years later his wife and her daughter come searching for him, and find him the mayor and respected citizen of a town called Casterbridge. The rest of the story is filled with... more info

Why is this the best movie that I have ever seen?:

When I saw Alan Bates act Michael Henchard, I thought that I would never see acting any better than his, but I guess it was the role that I was identifying with, for Ciaran Hinds is the perfect Michael Henchard. He was wonderful as Bois de Guilbert in IVANHOE. He was indeed the rugged Captain Wentworth in PERSUASION and many have claimed him to be the very best Rochester in JANE EYRE. I think that Mr. Hinds performance in this movie goes a long way to make it the best movie that I have ever seen.

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