What a waste of my time!!!

That was an excellent one.

Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This film isn't about anything of Earth-shattering importance, except to the real-life family whose story it tells. In it are many fine examples of how a wonderful woman, and loving, long-suffering, wife and mother, made things happen for her family, raising 10 happy and successful children, in spite of serious trials. Not only that, but she manages to keep smiling and looking at the bright side, through all but the most difficult. It's acted very well, although I will say that I found Woody Harrelson, as the father, in a red wig, pulled it down, in a few spots. I don't think the problem was his performance, I just don't think he was especially suited to the role.Overall, this film is VERY well worth the time to watch it!

Well, it was fun to watch and enjoyable. However, told obviously from a very manipulated child's perspective. That poor man, I certainly hope all of his children do not resent and still believe what their Mother brainwashed them to think. The Mother even managed to blame their Father for her fear of driving! The abuse scenes do not have the ring of truth, I'd say because they never really happened and/or are being embellished by very myopic naive eyes. Here is a woman that marries the closest excuse for fame in her small town and spent the rest of her life resenting what she could have been and blaming her poor husband for her own shortcomings and anti-stardom. This man probably loved her dearly and when he was injured got a sudden cold shoulder that he was never able to warm as if it were his fault they would never be rich and famous. When he needed her, she turned her back and spent her life emasculating him and manipulating his kids against him. I'd wager that is closer to the truth, but if you like fairy tales, you will like this film. Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson acting, always worth watching I do not care what the plot line.

I expected an uplifting, nostalgic celebration of life in the 1950s, depicting an all-American family pulling together to surmount the obstacles and difficulties of life. Instead, I found myself enduring a grim and depressing story of a courageous woman married to a foul-mouthed, bitter drunk who never let go of his own disappointment with life long enough to rejoice in or appreciate the contributions of his wife in her heroic efforts to help provide for their family. The movie makers seem to have been bent upon tearing down the American family, and I don't enjoy movies that do that. If you want nostalgia, watch October Sky or It's a Wonderful Life, not this joyless, gloomy slog.

This movie has been played close to 100 times in the last 5 months on TV, but in was on the high end channels' 370 to 380 digital. Later it had gotten down to lower channel 149 to 171. These are commercial free and I'm glad I taped it as a favorite family movie. I hope this movie is someday shown on the regular 2 digit channels so more people can see it, like they did with "October Sky". In the movie, the dress code seemed right for the time period. Of course, after seeing the movie I had to go to the internet to dig up everything a could on the Ryan family. Just a few minutes ago, I found the Terry (the writer) had died of cancer a couple of months ago. It was great that the book came out and was made into movie. Of course, Terry herself, showing that old typewriter, was in it at the end as well as all the Ryan children. It was a good ending to a good movie.