Aristocrats

Media:	VHS Tape
Directed by:
Starring:	Gordon, Armstrong, Somerville, Da
Release date:	18 January, 2000
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Aristocrats

Average rating:

An Unlikely Fan

I am a college age (21) skater kid who loves to surf and knows nothing about european history. I am Hawaiian Chinese. Yet, when I sat down one night, flipping through channels, I stopped at this movie called Aristocrats, about halfway through the first part. I was caught up in everything, and tuned in every sunday for the next three weeks to finish the series. I totally loved it. I feel like I've so much about things I never even thought of before. Get the movie... it is well worth it.

Wonderful yes, but...

This is a beautifully acted series, it's fun to check the real history behind the movie. The Madness of King George would be an excellent follow-up movie because it continues with the lives of George III and Mr. Fox. I'm surprised that previous reviewers have not mentioned the lack of continuity between the sisters when they were young and the actresses that played them as older women. They neither looked like the women who played the younger actresses (I was confused for five minutes trying to figure out who the older Sarah was) nor maintained their personalities. The younger Emily was reserved and sedate, as an older woman she was overly expressive and jerky. Mr. Oglevie has a delightful Scottish accent as a young man, he completely loses it as an older man. Given the amount of money spent on making this and the attention to detail, they should have aged the younger actresses with makeup rather than getting a whole new caste halfway through the last video.

THE best!

This is the best English costume drama I've ever seen. Beats the
heck out of the buccaneers. Better yet it's the story of a real
family. One reviewer mentioned the fact of there being no interaction between the servants and the upper class....well, I
guess that was how it was then. servants were to be not seen, not heard just do the job. Ah, for the good old days.