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I saw the first series way back when, and found it amazing. I have only just revisited series 1 on DVD, and it was then that the true value of this show truly hit home.

Lesley Sharp!!! Everything she does is excellent, but in this series, as reluctant medium Alison Mundy, she is truly breathtaking. Her clear blue eyes mesmerize, and her pain is palpable. There are a large number of unsung English actors, and she is one of them. Well supported by Andrew Lincoln (of "Teachers" and "Love Actually") this is Sharp's show. I could not take my eyes from her whenever she was on screen. And comparing this show with Ghost Whisperer is like comparing lobster with chicken nuggets.

The story lines are gripping, engaging and even believable. Andrew Lincoln's character is drawn into the world of the medium with reluctance and skepticism. I liked both characters, but often was disappointed with them also. But I was never, ever bored, not even for a minute.

Some British TV is very good - some is awful, I'm sure - but "Afterlife" is so outstanding it takes your breath away.

I saw this film over a week ago, and it still stays with me, almost haunts me. Tex Perkins' soundtrack was perfect, and like the images, will hang around you for days, perhaps weeks.

The subject matter is not pretty, and may be confronting to many, but in my experience it is not terribly unusual or unexpected, given the remoteness of the family farm. Accolades must go to the cast - Ben Mendelsohn, Bryan Brown, Rachel Griffiths (deliberately dowdy in this)and the amazing Sophie Lowe as Kate. The Flinders Ranges in South Australia also has a major role, and performs well - beautiful, remote, dangerous and overwhelming, a bit like the underlying secret which gets addressed during the course of the film.

This is the story of a family secret, hidden (but not forgotten) for 20 years, and the final revelations are stark and shocking. The cinematography and editing are truly inspiring, and I was thrilled to see such a fine piece of film-making. Top credit however must go to Rachel Ward - Director, writer (adapted from the novel)- as this is her movie, and she deserves every one of the awards that this movie is sure to receive. As a piece of art - which it is - this film will move you, even if it makes your skin crawl, or you find yourself wriggling in your seat. For the experience alone, this film is worth seeing.

I loved this film!! Young American beauty marries into stiff-upper-lip-aristocratic-but-newly-poor-lineage. Perhaps the concept underlying the conflict in this film is somewhat anachronistic, but I was reminded of the stir in the Royal family when Diana and Sarah F joined them in the early 1980's - not so anachronistic after all.

This is a romp of a film. The script is wonderful, the acting superb, and I wasn't bored even for one second. Fans of Kristin Scott Thomas may be shocked by her playing an older woman - with grey hair and facial lines! - but play it she does, and wonderfully. She spent much of the movie holding her face in a controlled fake smile, and she and Colin Firth have some of the best lines in the whole movie. Add to that Kris Marshall's Furber, the butler, who sees all, and eventually comments upon it after one too many glasses of champers.

Hats off to Stephan Elliott as Director. He gathered a wonderful cast to make an equally wonderful film. After "Welcome To Woop Woop", I was not prepared to forgive him, but forgive him I have.

I enjoyed this experience mostly because I could sit down in the theatre and forget what was going on in the outside world for a couple of hours. It takes a good movie to do that.