Boring

Beautiful, moving film.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

This wonderful series, created by the wonderful writer, Earl Hamner, Jr. (of "Twilight Zone" fame), has to be one-of, if not the-best, family-friendly TV series ever written, produced, and, aired!Considering the low IMDb ratings, what's there not to like about this family that loves and cares about one-another; and, helps everyone else who comes into their lives? This is all about good parents raising their children to be good people...PERIOD.I'm quite certain that anyone-and-everyone who doesn't like this has to be either - from a terrible family; believes it's a fantasy because they're from a terrible family; and/or, they're just terrible people in general.There really are families who care about one-another; and, also about others in general. Probably the same families who got robbed and/or worse by those who see this series as anything other than great!Before I become even more upset about the negative ratings on this series, I'm going to end this review with -"I like and respect families and people like these; I like this series; and, I come from a family very much like this! :)

I watched an episode where John is discovering that life is moving fast, "running" as it were. His 25th High School Reunion is taking place and he is not comfortable with the reality. This is an episode about running & walking thru life and the affect that one person has on so many others. It's a stunning piece of television as in the end it is John who is amazed that it is he who was & is the "boy most likely to succeed." And it is he who is "graveled" to silence as his classmate cites him painstakingly and at length about 25 years of running and walking and of life and lives.Television can be so brilliant and here it is.

Great to see how many positive comments there are about this series. I was raised in a ranch family and remember the closeness that we had growing up and beyond. I actually stayed in cattle all my life because although we don't have much money, we have maintained a higher level of integrity in our business and personal relationships. I also understand the negative comments people make when the run down the show as being unrealistic. The problem is, in order to live a clean life you have to stay away from the societal mainstream, so people don't believe what they see. I can't blame anyone for that, since most of what you see on t.v. these days you don't WANT to believe.

One of the most air-headed comments over the years has been "This series does not in anyway depict the average depression era family." I heard this comment just recently by a talk show host talking about 70's TV shows. Well, duh!, it depicts the depression era family of Earl Hamner the show's creator and has nothing to do with "the average depression era American family." How even some supposed TV critics came up with that for a reason to be negative against the show has always puzzled me. The show was as I understand it true to life for the area around Schuyler, VA., the home of Earl Hamner. A couple of the characters on the show were composites of his actual siblings (he had one more sibling than the Waltons). A special that aired in the late 1970's united his real brothers and sisters with their TV counterparts. The program is hugely successful worldwide and I'm glad that most comments are by and large supportive of the show and always have been save for that few who can't get their facts straight.