How sad is this?

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The acting in this movie is really good.

A very interesting concept and story. It develops quite well as the seasons progress and generally kept you wondering as to how it'll end. Non action dramas are generally not what I watch but this did keep my interest going. The direction is pretty OK but mainly held together by the story. The actors do a pretty good job and the melodrama is well enacted. The lead character is quite good and the stress of the three wives is so evident on his face. Just didn't think it'll ever end as the story just gets more and more complex. they could've easily got a few more seasons out of it but I thought it ended quite well when it did. A good watch especially for the drama lovers almost like a soap.

While this show treads much of the familiar ground of the cable soaps, its originality makes it my current favorite. Just as the Sopranos challenges the viewer to sympathize with a homicidal, womanizing and frequently loutish mob boss, who loves his family every bit as much as we love ours, so too with Bill Henrickson, a workaholic polygamist home supply chain entrepreneur. Both shows, at least in part, deal with the baggage these men carry as a result of their connections to much older forms of patriarchy (literally) on the one hand, while sharing modern suburban American aspirations on the other.I am barely into season two right now, so hints of why Bill and Barb chose to live according to the "principle" are still sketchy. But again like the Sopranos, there is the strong sense that while "the life" isn't for everybody, the main characters would be less than "real men" if they lived any other way, or so they think - or can't escape thinking. Whether either are heroic or anti-heroic is less the point than the simple fact they have an extraordinarily large amount of work to do to make it from day to day. The straight-laced tea-totaling Mormon milieu makes for a very different experience of menace regarding this series' bad guys. Instead of the usual profanity-laden explicit violence of other shows, the "I'll pray for you brother (to accept the offer you can't refuse)" exchanges are literally "foreboding," especially when spoken by the number one bad guy often referred to as "the Prophet," who is equally adept at quoting chapter and verse from the religious texts, Shakespeare, and country music.One of the funniest moments I've seen anywhere is when Bill's father explains his habit of peeing in the sink. While his thorough contemptibility would seem to be the reason, it isn't. The real reason is so obvious in retrospect that you can't help loving this show forever after.

I like this program, although I feel it should be noted here so everyone can see it, that this show is not about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, also known as Mormon.It is about members of the FLDS, which is a splinter group of the Latter Day Saints. Member of the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints do Not practise Polygamy.I really like this program as it shows just how difficult it must be to be in a family where there is more than one wife. I had never thought about how hard it must be not only for the wives of the family, but also for the children. It made me a little sadxx

A friend of mine asked me if I had seen "The show about the guy with three wives," and I had no clue which show he was talking about. He told me it was called "Big Love" and I should catch it. Well, now having watched the first two seasons, I can confidently say this is the best television show I've seen in years. The polygamy is not even close to what the show's all about-- even though that part is extremely interesting.First off, Bill Paxton is charged with a tough duty-- he's really the backbone of the show, and he is flawless scene after scene after scene. The same can be said of Tripplehorn, Sevigny and Goodwin. Amanda Seyfriend also really shines in a quiet but emotionally conflicted role as the teenage daughter battling religious self-esteem and monogamy vs polygamy for a life path. Douglas Smith demonstrates great promise as a young actor whose character is in a state of constant awkwardness and whose introverted nature is taken to the backseat when a great personal challenge for him begins to arise in the second season.The stories are fantastic, with wonderful characters at every level. Harry Dean Stanton as Roman Grant is an absolute masterclass in acting; his tiny, shriveled exterior does nothing to prevent us from fearing his powerful, commanding leadership role as the so-called prophet of the compound.Boasting plot lines consistently intriguing and aiding in character development rather than mere shock value, it refuses to make overt caricatures out of characters easy to keep one-dimensional. For me personally as an atheist who is fascinated with the study of theology, it's rousing fun to cheer for the polygamist and his loving family. The part that sucks me in the most is definitely the "right" decisions characters make, albeit justified with religious convictions. Don't just "give it a chance"-- watch it and you will love it. It's smart, funny, emotionally impacting and extremely well-written.