i must have seen a different film!!

Absolutely Fantastic

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Maude is an all-time favourite of mine, which has finally made it on to DVD after many years of waiting. I used to love watching with my mother. It was an amazing bonding experience to laugh in unison with these colourful characters, and we discovered our similar sense of humour. As with so many shows with headlining female characters, this show is not only a stand out model of it's time, it tackles the human condition with the perfect balance of heart and humour. A stellar cast with the inimitable Bea Arthur as Maude, this is a superbly crafted comedy which deals with all kinds of matters in life in with wit and wisdom. A great dose of 70's fun and style.

Bea Arthur's outsize personality so well used in Golden Girls got a start as Edith Bunker's cousin Maude visiting Archie and Edith in All In the Family. Maude proved so popular and such a worthy adversary for Archie that Norman Lear gave Arthur her own show and the title role in same. It ran for six seasons. In the 70s Norman Lear could practically do no wrong.Maude was a liberated woman, liberated in fact from three previous husbands before settling down and marrying Bill Macy. The family also had Adrienne Barbeau living with them and her son as well. Barbeau was Maude's daughter by marriage number 2.Maude's hero was Eleanor Roosevelt and like Eleanor she lived in upstate New York in the rich suburb of Tuckahoe. From there she debated and worked for various liberal causes always indulged in by her husband. She didn't need Archie Bunker to debate her issues, she had wealthy Repubican doctor Conrad Bain next door. Bain had a lot more education than Archie did and he was a more formidable adversary.I always liked Bill Macy in this show. The ever patient Walter Findlay who decided that the other three husbands had it wrong and he should just go with the flow. He did, but he also said some wise things every so often that brought up his outspoken wife very short.Bea Arthur bought some real life into this character. She and Macy were a matched pair. And Maude was wonderful viewing.

The series ended the year I was born... I have no idea where I discover "Maude" As was never aired the Greek TV of course I knew Bea Arthur From golden girls Such an excellent script Bea Arthur was Amazing If she didn't won an Emmy was a terrible mistake by the "elders " of TV And a show almost 40 years after is so fresh so forward It's like was written yesterday Of course was the decade of feminism and with a political correct agenda But still I think it's a Gem of American television which I adoreSince I was 10 I was trying not to read the subtitles and when I was going to my English lessons my teacher was astonished Cuz I knew words where after Cambridge certificate and proficiency hardly knew!

I love Bea Arthur and this show is the only one that tops "The Golden Girls." The show was controversial, but greatly written, and carried it off with fantastic acting! Norman Lear is a television dynasty within himself. I wish I could have been old enough in the seventies to appreciate the first run of these episodes...however, I can deal with the re-runs just fine!