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The Moonstone Reviews

Certificate PG
  • Rated:
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  • from 174 members

Based on the best-selling novel by Wilkie Collins, this BBC adaptation was first broadcast in 1972. Read more

Starring Kathleen Byron, Robin Ellis, Vivien Heilbron, Basil Dignam
Director Paddy Russell
Genres Drama

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  • Most helpful members' reviews (3) of The Moonstone

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Great Story but...

    Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone is an excellent who dunnit, it is just a shame that this production does not give the story the justice which I think the story deserves. The BBC production and certainly the acting look a bit 'hammy' by todays' standards. This story really is crying out to be re-done in a magnificent setting with a really good cast.

      • Simon Fernie from Nottingham
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    A real shame.

    The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is one of my all time favourite books. Unfotunately this low budget adaptation (very unlike the BBC) is quite horrendous. The acting is wooden, the sets dreadful and all round production values at an all time low. I appreciate this is 30 years old but that does not excuse this quite dreadful offering. I have to admit I only watched ten minutes before taking it out of the maxchine and sending it back. Isn't it time somebody had another go at filming this classic.

      • A customer from London, England
  • Rated - 4 stars

    Bit Dated but still enjoyable

    Will be honest and say this did seem to go on a little bit, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Nice for a wet Sunday afternoon

      • A customer from Swansea, Wales
  • Most recent members' review of The Moonstone

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Great Story but...

    Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone is an excellent who dunnit, it is just a shame that this production does not give the story the justice which I think the story deserves. The BBC production and certainly the acting look a bit 'hammy' by todays' standards. This story really is crying out to be re-done in a magnificent setting with a really good cast.

      • Simon Fernie from Nottingham
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Great Story but...

    Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone is an excellent who dunnit, it is just a shame that this production does not give the story the justice which I think the story deserves. The BBC production and certainly the acting look a bit 'hammy' by todays' standards. This story really is crying out to be re-done in a magnificent setting with a really good cast.

      • Simon Fernie from Nottingham
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    A real shame.

    The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is one of my all time favourite books. Unfotunately this low budget adaptation (very unlike the BBC) is quite horrendous. The acting is wooden, the sets dreadful and all round production values at an all time low. I appreciate this is 30 years old but that does not excuse this quite dreadful offering. I have to admit I only watched ten minutes before taking it out of the maxchine and sending it back. Isn't it time somebody had another go at filming this classic.

      • A customer from London, England
  • Rated - 4 stars

    Bit Dated but still enjoyable

    Will be honest and say this did seem to go on a little bit, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Nice for a wet Sunday afternoon

      • A customer from Swansea, Wales

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