GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

braines-66279 I have read a lot of posts online & the majority of the naysayers are upset because portions of the show are staged. It is a TV show, not the nightly news folks, so get a grip! Does it completely and accurately portray everything about daily Amish life? Probably not. I won't say yes or no because I didn't grow up Amish! However, does it give someone like me a picture of just how different their lifestyle and culture is, good and bad? Yes, I believe it does. Obviously no lawyer is going to allow their clients to be filmed committing felonious acts. Duh! But does stuff like that really happen? Probably. Have any of you people ever read the Old Testament? Not so different, my point being it has been around since the beginning and no one is immune, because human nature is what it is. But the show tells a lot of things about everyday Amish life. Why would anyone who has ever watched Oprah or Dr. Phil be surprised that women like Esther and Mary have suffered abuse that was never reported? Sadly, it happens every day and no community is immune. My heart goes out to them both and I'm glad they now feel empowered enough to speak out. Maybe that will empower other women in their community to speak out as well. I give full credit to the producers and crew who have worked hard to show us an interesting slice of Amish life and manage to make it really entertaining. One more thing: my dad wasn't raised Amish, but he was an old country boy who only had an 8th grade education but grew to be a very successful businessman. He told me stories about stuff he and his friend (who grew up to be a judge) did as boys. Not much different than some of the stuff Lebanon Levi and his crew do on the show. I'll take this show any day over "Survivor" as "reality" TV. Much less offensive and much more entertaining!!!

Block Taber Boy, oh boy! These are stories based on semi-actual events, that may have happened. What more could I ask for? I am always on the edge of my seat every week. Forget exciting action movies and gripping thrillers, we're talking about shaming, shunning, and telling the church on people and lots of tattling. You really need to be ready for story shifts and lots of minor threats. Please watch THE DEVIL'S RIDE. You will also see the exciting world of empty threats, and how a "do nothing" biker group builds excitement and no payoff at every commercial break. They seriously spent 2 full shows worrying about paperwork! Kind of like this show..... Lots of music build up and "what will happen nexts" on both shows, with the same results. Next to nothing, no fights, no one stands up to the Amish "enforcers". The English are always backing down from 1 goof after another that shows up to stop their business encroachments. You must be careful in the community! If you are not careful, a van pulls up and takes you away in a straight jacket. What is this, a video game? With this series, you get a mental ward van, 1 black Amish man, 2 Midget Amish men, 1 crazy assed woman, A pudgy "Don" with an orange shirt under his black clothes, a wanna-be tough guy 15 year old and no shortage of telling on people to the bishops.I don't have any issues with Amish people, real Amish people. This show is built for 1 hour of light story and mild suspense. You could definitely watch this "Mafia" show with your kids of all ages since there is virtually no violence or swearing. They will be asleep in 3 minutes but you can have them watch along with you if you wanted. Older kids might say "Why didn't he hit that guy?" Well, no one hits anyone in this "Mafia" show.... Amazing.

Rbastian12 For me, the biggest issue with the show isn't the fake ness (which if you read any other reviews, is certainly a problem), but the boring and predictable nature of the events they depict. The idea of an Amish mafia is stimulating (and perhaps it could be a good fictional drama series on HBO or Showtime), but a bogus reality TV show about "real" Amish people who think they are tough like a mafia gang is not interesting television (note, whether these people are "real" Amish people is certainly in question). A mafia consists of an interconnected group of criminals who work above the law, and while the Amish are slightly separated from American justice, they are not immune from getting arrested. But the criminal record for these Amish people only consists of DUI and Theft charges, which is not very hardcore. The "hardcore ness" that takes place in this show comes in the form of the Amish people taking an ax, hammer, or bat to a motor vehicle, buggy, mailbox, or even bottles of milk? I mean sure, this is like level one mafia business, but this is the roughest their business ever gets. Some of them hold guns and practice shooting, but they never seem to carry them when doing their "business". Another real problem of this show is simple, and I'm going to address it assuming the characters of the show are really who they say they are, and do what they say they do. You can't have a REALITY TV SHOW be about CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, because believe it or not, people aren't going to commit crimes when there's a camera crew around. So immediately, the audience knows that none of the characters are going to get killed, or even beaten up badly, because the character in question would be in trouble for murder or assault. Sometimes there will be moments in the show when one of the characters tells the cameraman, "hey, you guys can't come in for this," or "you guys can't shoot this," but this is not so much the Amish people hiding their criminal activity as it is the producers making the events seem more exciting by hiding the boring events that are actually occurring (like the Hitchcock technique, it's more frightening if you can't see it). And it's been stated by the police in their area that if any criminal business is going on with the Amish, they would have picked them up. So in conclusion, I'd just like to say that Discovery should be ashamed of what they're doing with this crappy TV show. For one, they're shaming the Amish community, by trying to profile and reduce their people (I'm not even religious, but it feels like they stepped over the line). And secondly they're shaming the reality TV audience, by assuming they're dumb enough to believe this show, and bored enough to have real interest in it.

mike_panikhouse It's another ridiculous fake show pushed as some kind of reality. I'm shocked that other reviewers of this show seem to be skeptical or suggest that "maybe" this isn't real. Of-course it isn't real. It's ridiculous to think it is. Most reality TV is fake or faked in some way. This show pushes the envelope on fake reality, perhaps to test just how much fakery audiences will consume thinking it's real.?? Dunno. In any case, real? Not in any way. It's just pure bogus all the way around. I'm not sure why these cable TV producers need to try and push content that is clearly faked, as real. Why not just push it for what it is, which is a unique take on crime fiction with some dabs of history thrown in?That being said, it's pretty cool acting and action with some decent story lines.