The Handmaid's Tale
Season One
DVD - 2018
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.
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Publisher:
Bevely Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2018]
Copyright Date:
©2017
Characteristics:
3 videodiscs (approximately 8 hr., 45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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4 3/4 in.,color
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Add a CommentI like Elizabeth Moss. Got in grab bag and started. Probably would have watched more than pilot, but got things I wanted more.
I liked the book and decided to give the show a chance. This show is dark and it was hard for me to watch. I think with everything that is going around in the real world it just hit to close to home for me. But the acting in this show is great. The inspiration from the book they do a good job.
Very well done. It's dark, but not as much as I expected (in a good way); I thought it'd be too heavy with all the violence to women, among other things, but it's emotionally balanced such that there always seems to be a window for hope. The storytelling and acting is spot on--in line with the tone and details of the book--and the cinematography is gorgeous. The screenwriter and director also seemed to think of all the extra details the book doesn't go into that I wondered about as a reader, bringing the world vividly to life.
I love this series! It's dark, disturbing, relevant and thrilling. The actors are given enough time in each shot to convey complex emotional reactions. While intense, there are lots of quiet moments and long shots that really draw you in to the story.
A somber, moody drama about an oppressive, dystopian future. Given its critical acclaim and awards, I was somewhat underwhelmed. The story is well depicted in the original 1990 film, so the endless flashbacks & protracted scenes of emotional pathos seemed like non-essential filler. It's a cautionary tale better explored by movies like "1984" and "V." Not bad, but its snail's pace really didn't hold my interest.
At last, a tv show from North America. Adapted from the novel of Margaret Atwood. Shot in the parks and subway at Toronto.
I found the Handmaid's Tale to be very well acted but scary in lots of ways, kept me on the edge of my seat. I think if we Americans don't vote on some of the issues and people running the US, this could very well happen. Can't wait to see what happens in Season 2
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i really enjoyed handmaids tales very intense show . Well acted as well. Can't to see what happens in season Two.