Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Lack of good storyline.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

To be frank, I am not well positioned to review the TV series Peyton Place. For Peyton Place has been a part of my upbringing. I was about ten years old, when the series started to be broad-casted in the Netherlands. Our family had owned a black-and-white TV for not more than a couple of years. I remember how the whole family looked in amazement at the unfolding events on the egg-shaped gray screen. The community of Peyton Place was the talk of the town in our little state. I still wonder what lasting impression it must have made on my blank soul. I do remember that I was deeply touched by the romance between Rodney and Allison. And how I wondered why she had not picked Norman. Forty-five years later, watching the DVDs is like meeting a very old friend. And still, the story (the episodes 1-31) had been almost completely wiped out by time. Even the killed baby of Betty had been forgotten, although it plays such a central role. Or Eli Carson. He had become a familiar face without a name (an old neighbor of mine? A far relative?). Of course there is an immense shift of judgment. At the time, you simply took the characters at face value, for granted. An adolescent (I don't know about my parents) can not yet see the psychological aspects in their behavior. For instance, on second acquaintance the Rod-Allison romance looks ridiculous ("Oh Allison..." and "I want to teach you everything I know. If you let me"). And the deep tragedy of Rod killing his child. The immature characters of Norm and Judy. Also I had not seen the probable war traumas of George and Elliot. The beloved doctor Rossi is actually quite arrogant and aggressive, and not at all so different from George. Nonetheliess, at the time he was extremely popular with the Dutch housewives. Etcetera etcetera. If you try to classify this piece of history, the label doctors' saga bubbles up. We watch the mental deviations of the characters from the perspective of the rational analyst (usually a physician or sometimes a veterinary; in this series it could be Swain). In Peyton Place, these deviations are generally ugly, which makes this series a rather depressing spectacle. If you are fond of such stories, consider seeing the Dutch film "Dorp aan de rivier". It contains an impressive scene, where the doctor crosses a river by jumping on the moving ice-floes, in order to do a delivery,

at last i found the pages about Peyton place series .I used to see it in my country in white and black when i was about 12-13 years,i will never forget it,alway hopped to get this long blond hair of Mia FARO(which she shaved it completely later on as a protest to Vietnam war).when it was published in a book here (translated to my language i bought it at once.in brief Peyton place as TV serial make a part of my beautiful memories. one day may i will be able to by the DVD of it ,if it comes available here. I advise young persons to see it if they can ,insted of many series presented now.I cannot also foreget the Sweet love story of Alison makansy and Rodney Harrington.

I have just seen episode 514 of this remarkable series. I first started watching in 1968 when it was on daily at a time when I was making my way home from college. If I got on the right bus I would sometimes get to see the second half of the programme on two days of the week and on Fridays when we finished early I saw a full programme! During my summer and other holidays I could get to see a full weeks worth if I had the right temping jobs - I became a real groupie! It has always been my favourite series and I always rated other soaps against it, the only two coming close were "Dallas" before it became silly and "Falcon Crest." Then when we got cable TV [30 years after the original screening] I saw the series again from about half-way through - missing again, Constances' wedding! Then at the end of the run the series was restarted again and after the first episode the channel was pulled! That was about 10 years ago - finally I have bought the set on DVD and have just watched it all again! At a rate of about 4 episodes a night and 10 a day at weekends, it was a most satisfying experience! Rubbish ending, but at least the mop-up film tidied up the areas that had never been resolved in the series and the series, although left up in the air had obvious story-lines that did not need a conclusion - other than who killed Fred Russell - my money's on the blonde kid!

Mia Farrow (September) "Allison MacKenzie," a young woman who worked in a cute bookstore owned by Dorothy Malone (Basic Instinct) "Constance MacKenzie Carson," who was her mother. Allison started dating Ryan O'Neal (Zero Effect) "Rodney Harrington" and I used to love the series. Allison had really long beautiful hair and was innocent. I watched the series, dubbed and in black and white. There were people in the series that became very famous, and others some somewhat famous, such as: Gena Rowlands (Hope Floats) Mia Farrow, Ryan O'Neal (The Thief Who Came to Dinner) Ed Nelson(There's Something About Mary), Mariette Hartley (TV commercials for Polaroid cameras with James Garner, Marnie), Leslie Nielsen (Mr. Magoo), Barbara Parkins (Valley of the Dolls). The series and the actors were nominated for several awards such as Golden Globe, Emmy.