The Shell Seekers details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
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| Starring: | Vanessa Redgrave, Prunella Scales, Alastair Mackenzie, Victoria Hamilton, Victoria Smurfit |
| Director: | Piers Haggard |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | ACORN MEDIA |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
The Shell Seekers |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 56 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 06 Aug 2007 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Well worth watching
By a customer from Lancashire, English , 08 Mar 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
If you have read the book the Shell Seekers and have watched any previous versions of this film you may be disappointed. If you haven't heard of the Shell Seekers before then this could be the film for you.
The film has a number of well known actors in it including Vanessa Redgrave who is obviously the star of the show. You'll recognise other 'faces' from the more recent 'Trial and Retribution' and 'Lark Rising to Candleford'.
It is one of those films that allows you to escape into the past and you don't have to concentrate on what is happening before you lose the plot.
It all starts in the early 1980s with Vanessa Redgrave discharging herself from hospital after suffering a mild heart attack. It appears that although her children in their own way care for their mother two of them can't wait to get their hands on some money - a good sub plot therefore re: relationships.
The viewer should feel sorry for the main character - you start wishing that someone would take her and share the past delights of Cornwall with her.
Towards the end of the film time switches to the past and to the war years - again relationships are explored.
The only criticisms of this film which therefore warrent 4 stars rather than 5 stars are the sudden ending and some scenes being too brief and the all too brief appearance of Prunella Scales, which is such a shame because she is, in my opinion, such a good character actor.
Well worth a watch on these cold, dreary evenings.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(12)A great love story
By temp (13 reviews) from home , 16 Dec 2012I found this film an absolute delight. A wonderful story beautifully told and very well acted throughout. It left me with a feeling of great pleasure. Well worth 5 stars. It's a great pity that more films do not achieve this.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Pointless Drivel
By 5ft7offootballheaven (300 reviews) from London , 08 Jul 2011Tried for Zero stars but it wouldnt let me. Boring and pointless. Full of utterly horrific sterotypes. Do not waste your time, clean the fridge or something instead.- Was this review helpful to you?
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TV series - Shell Seekers
By a customer , 07 Apr 2011A really nice TV series. I would recommend this film to members if they wish to sit and not be obliged to concentrate too much. I thoroughly enjoyed it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Very good adaptation
By a customer from Huddersfield , 22 Jul 2009This is wonderful stuff, well known actors doing a great job, superb locations and a cracking good story. It's so long since I've read the book that I can't make the inevitable comparison, so maybe that's a good thing. Well worth watching this story of family life, secret loves and much more, going back to the Second World War from the 1980s.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Positive review
By a customer from Doncaster , 07 Apr 2009Yes, I did like this film and can recommended it as good viewing.- Was this review helpful to you?
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