Why so much hype?

Very well executed

Pretty Good

One of the best films i have seen

I really enjoyed the movie but it was rather sad y'know. It would give you great shocks like the pauper Selina Dawes betraying her lover Margaret Prior who is an aristocrat. Then Margaret committing suicide in the end because of the betrayal and the fact, her family wasn't very supportive with her choices. I felt like I would give the mother a slap across the face, she was such a horrible vile woman to her daughter! The brother wasn't even a help either, he just thought he could own everything the family owns! He was pure selfish too!The movie also makes you angry too for the people that hurt Margaret. I thought that Selina one was better then that. She was such a cow, I'll never get over the fact she just took everything belonging to Margaret!Very good story which reflects life during the 1800's, well done BBC!

Having just read the book, I was really looking forward to the film adaptation.What a disappointment. The film felt extremely rushed, with no development of the characters. I did not for one minute believe the "affinity" between Selena and Margaret and so, consequently, felt nothing about the ending. Which did NOT do justice to the book. More time should have been spent showing the relationship between Margaret and her family members, for instance. And more emphasis on Selena's previous life and Peter Quick. And, lastly, more about that awful prison and what the women had to endure.Read the book if you want "the real deal" and to be suspended in excitement, suspense and terrific writing!

I tremendously enjoyed Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith and I was looking forward to another adaptation of Sarah Waters' novels. Affinity, unfortunately, did not deliver.The storytelling felt a little bit rushed and I constantly had the feeling of missing important plot elements. At times, I was sorry for not reading the book before watching the movie.I did not quite like the acting of Zoe Tapper and I could not relate to her character. The final "twist" was not a twist at all for me, as I was telling myself since halfway into the movie that Selina is a scam and is into Margaret just to get herself out of the prison.The character of Margaret Prior almost negated my suspension of disbelief, as I tried to understand her infatuation with Selina, and failed. The filmmakers did not offer me enough reasons for a love story, enough reasons to care for this woman's feelings.Only watch this if you're a fan of Sarah Waters.

Affinity was the television low point of Christmas 2008. It seemed to have been thrown together at the last minute, with jarring editing, terrible sound balances, and a script that seemed to have been put together by a cliché-filled computer. Everything seemed wrong - the men's facial hair, the extras' wooden street-walking, the dreadful music, the sheer repetitiveness (we turned it into a drinking game: one finger for 'walks nervously through prison gates', two fingers for 'walks nervously into cell'; we all got very drunk.) I loathe wobbly-cam shots, trying to watch characters as they bounce around the screen in a haphazard fashion, but occasionally, it can be bearable - Bourne, for instance. 'Affinity' was not the place for wobbly-cams, especially when they are mixed - seemingly at random - with steady shots. I hate to ask it, because he is supposed to have TV's Midas Touch, but is Andrew Davies entering 'Emperor's New Clothes' territory?