It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The 'from the producers of Downton Abbey' will have alerted us. Those who just simply loved, loved, loved Downton and thought it was the acme of contemporary drama will have been beside themselves with anticipation when they saw the trailers for Jamestown and undoubtedly as I write are gushing about how really, really, really brilliant Jamestown is. The rest of us (I gave Downton ten minutes and gave up) will sigh and know exactly what to expect. Last night I watched the first episode and got exactly what I expected.Superficial doesn't begin to describe it: the characters are at best two-dimensional (often, though this is almost impossible, slipping into just one dimension), the dialogue is banal going on dire, the plot lines are lazily established in a matter of seconds, the set is straight out of Disney and generally Jamestown lives up (or down) to expectations as unchallenging pap for the great unwashed.Ironically, given that this is a big bucks production on sale worldwide, the producers have hired some top actors who all know how to do the biz. It's just a shame they weren't given far better material to work with. I don't at all doubt that with a substantial proportion of viewers, the Downton freaks, Jamestown is 'excellent, amazing and brilliant and a really, really, really good way to learn history'. But then as they say, 'eat sh*t, seven trillion flies can't be wrong'.

A colony of men are on land to work on or purchase their own land. Ran by higher anarchy of men, who regulate laws and oversee the "town". Certain men have their chance to purchase a wife, as they do so, the women are sent to the town, by ship, to serve the men as their wives. At first, when the women arrive, men are smitten, forceful, and aggressive over the women they would like to marry. Along the way, The women stick up for themselves and help their husbands through their troubles. Some, however, fall in love with men who are not their husbands. There was a ship full of women but we only see the main three and two others: The red head, the brunette, the blonde, the governor's wife and mistress castell's maid (supplied by her husband.) Where are the other women??? Only three men were able to purchase women??? A poor man whose worked hard for his money and saved to send for a wife (OK). An older drunk man, who drinks all of the time...(not sure how he was able to purchase a wife)...and a man of high statue (this one makes the most sense). The women arrive and they begin to figure out misfortunes in the town. I thought this would be a "we women should stick together" type of story but no. They barely talk to each other. Silus and Alice hold each other all the time. Too many times. There's a lot of kissing but no sex. Not that it matters but it will play up the point of purchasing a wife for that time period. I'm sure the men didn't buy wives for a working partner. The women are, for the most part, clean yet the men are always filthy. How are the women bathing but the men aren't? Except for the doctor and the men of high stature. Even the poor men's wives are clean.

This is Jamestown. Made by the creators of the hit drama series Downtown Abbey.Jamestown is not as delicate as Downtown abbey, how could it? Jamestown took place far earlier than Downtown and the life situation where not as developed so that's makes this series rather rough. The series is about three women. Well, lets just call them lady red, lady Blonde and lady Brown, who is adjusting to new life in Virginia. All actors are convincing, remarkable acting.I would like the episodes to be stuffed with more content, because right now it is very limited in actions and have lack of speed, why it sometimes can seem slowly.

Not sure how this passed the pre screenings. Poorly done, over acted,real nasty depiction of early settlers, but at least their clothes are clean and they always self clean, even after wolf attacks. Wait a minute, wolf attacks! When did that ever happen? Not sure any of the writers ever did more than open an encyclopedia and look up Jamestown. Not sure how they think they can get a large 17th century cargo vessel deep in the mouth of a river and moored at a 20 foot dock either. So I suspect no one on the writing staff has ever been near a large ship or out on the water. Really cannot believe people are being paid real money to produce erroneous cliché ridden nonsense like this, but I guess they are. Snore.