Tess of the D'Urbervilles [VHS]

Tess of the D'Urbervilles [VHS]
by Ian Sharp

Tess of the D'Urbervilles [VHS]
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Actor: Jason Flemyng, John McEnery, Justine Waddell, Lesley Dunlop, Oliver Milburn
Director: Ian Sharp
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown), Analog; English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 180 minutes
Release Date: 1998-09-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: A & E Home Video
Studio: A & E Home Video

VHS Movie Reviews of Tess of the D'Urbervilles [VHS]

Movie Review: Wonderful story but not a happy ending
Summary: 5 Stars

The movie is magnificant, the actors are slendid and the beautiful English countryside is filmed all too well. The story is a sad one that gives hints of a probable happy ending. Justine Waddell is a beautiful actress and Oliver Millburn is so innocently handsome. The emotions in this movie are deep and heartfelt. You feel the pain and struggle that Tess goes through with this magnificant cast. I would recommed this to people who aren't into the "happily ever after" endings and are more inclined to accept a realistic ending. Yes it's heartbreaking and the things Tess does can and are misunderstood but this story takes place in the Victorian era therefore her actions are proper for that time. Absolutely wonderful cast and story.

Movie Review: Tess of the D'Urbivilles
Summary: 5 Stars

Although used, this DVD was in excellent condition. It arrived in a timely manner and the move stayed very close to the Thomas Hardy novel. Most enjoyable. I could watch it again and again

Movie Review: A Spirited Production of the Hardy Novel
Summary: 3 Stars

Overall, this is a fairly good adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Less haunting than the 1979 version of Tess, this one is more lighthearted and energetic. I often liked the spirited temper and playful flirtatiousness of Tess in this film, and I liked the emphasis on Angel's jealousy after Tess has confessed her former affair to him. Plus, this Tess is divinely beautiful - anyone could see why she captures the heart of every man she meets. What I didn't like was the fact that this version seemed to clarify all the characters' thoughts and feelings, instead of leaving it subtle and ambiguous as the '79 film does. I prefer it when you get to decide for yourself what Tess is feeling. Also, I felt that the narrator in this version was unnecessary, and (as is too often the case nowadays) the love scenes were rather unattractive. Too many actors and actresses have forgotten how to infuse passion into their kissing. The love scenes were more romantic in the 1979 film.

I still find this production enjoyable for its spirit, though, and Tess is wonderful to look at. Go ahead and watch it, and make your own decision.

Movie Review: A Jewel
Summary: 5 Stars

There was some terrific acting in this mini series, specifically from Justine Waddell, Jason Flyming and Oliver MIlburn. This film has a dark ending, but the production itself is not. There are many light moments to overcome the tragedy that is unfolding. Tess is a traveller on a road towards her inevitable fate, a fate that seems typical of Thomas Hardy. Much like Antigone in the play, once the clock is wound and events are set in motion, the outcome becomes unavoidable. Justine Waddell as Tess is beautiful as a sixteen year old and even more so four years later, but when she is forced to do hard labor to earn a living, she has the mannerisms, the walk and the talk of a laborer who is worn down by the grind. As the charming Angel, Oliver Milburn is pleasant and then downright disgusting in his betrayal of Tess. The actor did a great job as the loving courter and then the creep that rejected her. Then he came back after he decided he could forgive her. Even though it was kind of cute, I was thinking: What a jerk. He's forgiving her after all she went through! Even in the end when he was trying to finally be the loving husband that he should have been to begin with, I couldn't forgive him. I felt that it was only the now twisted mind of Tess that allowed her to forgive him. And there was Jason Flemying as Alec, the D'eurberville that wasn't. He loved Tess in his own way, she declared. Well he did. This guy went above and beyond the call of duty to love and care for Tess, but she would not love him. Yes, he did rape her, and he never knew the consequences until it was too late. For Tess, much that people did to right their wrongs was 'too late'. I did not find this DVD to be depressing. It was vintage Hardy and very well done. Also, I did not see this as a romance at all. This was a tragedy to be played out. I was also impressed by the work scenes, in the fowl farm and later in part 2 on the farm where Tess was working. Very depressing working conditions that demonstrated how far the lady had fallen. Tess of the D'eubervilles was excellent.

Movie Review: Waddell Gives an Oscar Worthy Performance as "Tess"
Summary: 5 Stars

Justine Waddell captures the soul of Tess Durbyfield, a young, naive, somewhat conflicted, and yet deeply loyal woman residing in the 19th century English countryside. This simple country girl, sent to claim kin with the rich D'Urbervilles, is badly used by her "cousin" Alec. Ashamed and stigmatized, Tess reconciles herself to a loveless life -- until she meets Angel Clare, who is intent on capturing this elusive, complex girl. Torn between her fear that she's unworthy and her love for Angel, Tess finally relents. But for Hardy's characters happiness is haunted, unsteady and tragically short-lived. After confessing her "sin" the night of their nuptials, Angel abandons poor Tess. Weighed down with the hope of his return, her loyalty and her plight, Tess struggles on. Waddell beautifully portrays Tess as she unravels emotionally and heeds the violent impulses of her ancient family -- the D'Urbervilles.
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Summary of Tess of the D'Urbervilles [VHS]

One of the most memorable heroines in literature comes to life in this stunning adaptation of Thomas Hardy's most passionate work. Starring Justine Waddell (Anna Kareina).
This handsome made-for-television British-American coproduction uses the longer format of the two-part film to explore the characters of Thomas Hardy's novel with an easy pace. After her mother sends her to distant, moneyed relatives, Tess, played by the striking Justine Waddell, grows from naive but willful young British beauty to determined mother to sad martyr. At the hands of "cousin" Alec (the darkly charming Jason Flemyng), a womanizing, self-centered dandy, Tess begins her lessons on the social double standard, made all the more difficult given her own demanding personal code. A blond, blue-eyed, and beautiful gentleman farmer appropriately named Angel (Oliver Milburn) seems to offer Tess her salvation, but her past hovers over her like a curse and even now threatens her happiness. Director Ian Sharp's handsome presentation makes the most of the picaresque British countryside, an often beautiful, sometimes chilly, and at times inhospitable and unfriendly world. If this interpretation is not as gripping as Roman Polanski's 1979 film Tess, it offers a richer, more complex set of characters, and Sharp's earthy palette and subdued cinematic approach creates a vivid world far from the quaint, colorful visions of most theatrical presentations of historical England. --Sean Axmaker

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