Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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

danicanau 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.

jamariana I watched nearly three seasons of this television show for its leading star Bea Arthur (and then once I had started, for Adrienne Barbeau). I loved seeing Arthur and Rue McClanahan on a show together before The Golden Girls, a show of absolute comedic gold, where they played Dorothy Zbornak and Blanche Devereaux, respectively. However, I couldn't help but think that Maude was a hypocrite, someone I absolutely couldn't sympathise with and Maude's husband, Walter, was even worse. "Maude" disguised itself as a feminist, liberal sitcom, but it was and is neither of those things. Obviously, watching the show over 40 years after it originally aired on TV makes it seem aged, and sure what was liberal then may not considered liberal anymore. For example, interracial marriages, those are pretty standard nowadays - they're more of an issue concerning rights rather than just a left- wing demand. Maude would talk proudly and assert herself as a leading woman, but cower at the slightest suggestion from Walter. We are suggested to believe that they are a great couple because Walter is the only one who can "control" his woman.Another thing that bothered me about this show is that the majority of the episodes were written by male writers. And NO, a man can never know how to write female characters or dialogue as well as a woman. Plain fact based on the fact that a man does not grow up experiencing what it is like TO BE a woman. There should be no argument on that front. There were plenty of great female teleplay writers in the day, and they should have been writing for this show if the show was so concerned about passing for a show for women. Furthermore, not ONE episode of the 141 episode show that ran for 6 seasons was directed by a woman. Sure, my problem is not necessarily with representation, but rather with what they were trying to sell. They claimed that "Maude" was a woman's show, but didn't utilise any female directors or as many female writers as they did male. That little fact lowers the quality of the show for me tremendously. Maude would sometimes say something so blatantly sexist or racist that I couldn't believe my ears! She claimed to be a feminist and advocate of PoC rights, but every episode she would be shown to be a hypocrite in some way. Now that to me does not make a good show. And quite frankly, it's the fault of the studio for hiring all the wrong sorts of people to write and steer the show. It's not enough to have female leads, if females aren't also the ones accurately creating and controlling the development of those characters. Still, the show is not as bad as other shows of the time or of the present day, and for that it is still above a 6 star rating.

edwagreen Lady Godiva was a freedom rider...And when the country was falling apart, Betsy Ross had it all sewn up...and then there's Maude (repeat,) right on Maude. That was part of the opening theme song of this very popular show of the 1970s brought about by Beatrice Arthur visiting Archie and Edith Bunker's home on "All in the Family." Go know that Edith and Maude were cousins. The hilarity broke loose when Maude's liberal views were tested with Archie's ultra-conservative leanings. Arthur was such a success on the show that she was given her own show "Maude."While Maude is very liberal, the film showed that her home was anything but functional. I guess that the same can be said about any liberal or conservative. The show was highlighted by another great supporting cast with Bill Macy and Adrienne Barbeau as husband and daughter to Maude, respectively.

JWLJN If you don't watch this show, that is. I must admit, I love All in the Family, however for me this is just a bit better. Bea Arthur was PERFECT in her role as the tough-spirited yet gullible Maude Findlay. Bill Macy was the perfect husband for her, playing Walter to a T. Conrad Bain and Rue McClanahan were wonderful as well, playing the slightly nutty Harmon's, and watching their relationship develop was a testament as to how the writers could bring two characters believably together. Rounding out the cast were Adrienne Barbeau, and the late Esther Rolle and Hermoine Baddeley. This show also tackled as many serious subjects as All in the Family. From abortion to alcoholism, Maude and family dealt with it in a fashion that was not only informative but humorous and tasteful as well. Maudie is back!