Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

allangjerulff I have read that, some character's in this series was not known to the public, due to lac of description and/or screen time. At the same time it was to be very slow. I believe, you have to enjoy every kind of film in their own way. This is about feelings and surviving in the time of action. I could feel almost every character's influence on the main story, strong and weaker people reacting like they were brought up to believe was right. I laughed and felt sorry for both types. Camera angles and timing are also great, making it even more clear to see for some, this is not live action, it is perception of feelings. You are in the trenches, the heart and in the room! It is hard to see how much they go through, prevail.

zulejka-javersek Let my begin with a little disclaimer: I haven't read the book, so my review will be from this perspective. Maybe this show is just too intelligent for me, but I found it to be a mix of equal parts boring (the war!), uptight and frustrating. I guess the last bit is not necessarily a bad thing in terms of art but it sure made it all a tedious experience to watch.Benedict Cumberbatch is an amazing actor and so is Rebecca Hall. They have great chemistry, while Adeleide Clemens' character comes off incredibly flat, but I cannot say it that's because of writing or she doesn't do it justice. Sylvia Tietjens is probably supposed to be the bad guy in this series, but she is actually the only multidimensional, understandable and believable character in the show. She does marry Christopher to save herself from ruin, but that's not something he doesn't know. He on the other hand marries her because of his strong moral values, and allegedly forgives her, but "without mercy" as she explains beautifully in the best scene of the whole show. He doesn't try to understand her, he treats her coldly - but honorably. He probably never even loved her, while she's clearly in love with him. She does cheat on him - to provoke a reaction! She's desperate for his love but doesn't find a way back to him, not by cheating on him nor by being faithful despite his abhorrent coolness, not by being nice nor by being a bi**h, because she probably never was in his heart. Every bad thing she does, she does to get his attention (if not love). It's a f***ed up relationship, but at least it has some ground and chemistry between characters. So, for me, the story is about her and not about Christopher and Valentine.Now onto what we should probably believe to be the main love story, Christopher and Valentine. It is so damn unmotivated! Or is it? Am I supposed to root for a bored, uptight middle-aged man who falls for the first angel-faced teenage girl who shows some interest in him? Yes, they have a connection - she's more of a nerd than Sylvia which makes her more like Christopher, but surely that's no ground for a five (or more?) year long platonic love? Maybe their story would be more believable if the show focused less on stupid boring WWI and social events and more on developing a) Valentine's character that is absolutely cardboard, dull and "manic pixie girl from the beginning of the 20th century", b) on events that constitute their love story, if there even were any more than what we saw. So from my point of view the encounter on the stairs in the last episode is very disturbing, unmotivated and makes me even more unsympathetic towards the couple I should probably be rooting for.

joyfuljaymac Parades end is an adaption of the tetralogy by Ford Madox Ford. It follows the love triangle between the old-fashioned Christopher Tiejens, His vindictive wife Sylvia and a young suffragette called Valentine Wannop during world war one, with Europe on the brink of change. As war comes upon them, Christopher enrolls in the army to help his country, he soon must decide who he wants to spend the remainder of his life with his wife, whose son may or may not be his from her numerous affairs, or Valentine, who would do nothing to hurt him.Benedict gives an outstanding performance as Christopher, you completely forget about him as Sherlock as you see him take on a brand new character. You really feel for him, as he loves his son so much but has doubts whether he's his or not. You feel yourself routing for him to leave Sylvia but he won't as he is too much of a gentlemen to leave his wife penniless in the street.Rebecca Hall plays his wife, Sylvia. She has a number of affairs which she brings up to annoy Christopher,She also goes out with other men in order to get a reaction from him but he never reply's. Hall does a brilliant job as a character you just love to hate. You will find yourself yelling at the screen at her.Adelaide Clemens also brings her game as Valentine Wannop, the feisty, free spirited suffragette. She plays the character beautifully as she has a hidden love for someone she can't have, which many of us can relate to. You so want her to get together with Christopher, you will literally pull your hair out with the antagonizing waiting game.This is another example of Original British Drama a it's best. It's beautifully shoot, written and performed. Parades End will make you believe in true love and how ever impossible, it will find a way.

blanche-2 "Parade's End" is a five-part miniseries from England starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Rupert Everett, Miranda Richardson, and Janet McTeer. Based on the novel by Ford Maddox Ford, the script was written by Tom Stoppard.The story is about the British upper class pre- and during World War I, focusing on Christopher Tietjens (Cumberbatch) and his wife Sylvia (Rebecca Hall). Christopher is an honorable man and extremely repressed, it seems - he won't sleep with the woman he loves (Adelaide Clemens) because he's married, but then he's not sleeping with his wife, who has been unfaithful to him and may or may not have given birth to their son.Tietjens eventually joins the war office rather than staying in safety because he considers it more honest than what he's being asked to do at his job as a government statistician.I didn't read the book -- according to the reviews, the role of Sylvia is not supposed to be sympathetic, and Rebecca Hall has been criticized for this. I would submit it's not her fault, it's the director's - I'm sure she could have acted the role any way she was requested to do it.The director cast young Adelaide Clemens as Tietjens' would-be mistress, though their relationship isn't consummated before or during the war. I have to agree with reviews, for a suffragette, she's pretty vapid.Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the greatest actors today, and again, as reviews have pointed out, he has now achieved matinée idol status. Originally HBO did not want him in this series because they didn't know who he was; by the time the series was ready to be filmed, they said it had to be with Benedict or they wouldn't do it! Christopher isn't supposed to be a matinée idol - he's described as bulky and unattractive. Cumberbatch gained weight for the role to make himself look a little bigger, though by no means bulky, and he wore inserts in his face to kill those incredibly high cheekbones. He also does something with the jaw area - he had jowls and an unusual way of using his mouth, which has been compared to Edward Fox's and Jeremy Irons' jaw movements. It's part of his characterization, so he actually doesn't look like the dashing Sherlock, between that, his weight, and his lighter hair. He's also lowered his voice, which was pretty low to begin with.All in all, it's a brilliant performance. He really is a true chameleon. Christopher, however, to Americans anyway, is difficult to understand with his uptightness and his honor, just like one lost patience with Ashley Wilkes and his mixed messages to Scarlett.And since Cumberbatch is now a matinée idol and if you're a woman, what you're waiting for is some sex and boy, there wasn't much of that, though we did get to see his bare chest when his shirt was open. Wow. We who have seen him do love scenes, such as in The Last Enemy, were left pretty much like Sylvia -- frustrated.There are some beautiful scenes and some very gritty war scenes, plus lots of symbolism to be had. This series has been compared to Downton Abbey but it is in no way a soap opera. It's much more subtle; it moves slowly, as that way of life did, with everything looking good on the surface but bubbling with scandal and problems underneath.A great effort that succeeds in part, with some wonderful acting.