KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Console best movie i've ever seen.

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

d-mcclements Michael Laurence's great mini-series, sets the scene for the famous TV series which came later. Story wise the plot would keep even the most hardened soap devotee on the edge of their seat. That's as long as you don't question the fact that a mother would abandon her children by choice. This mini-series gives a slightly plausible explanation, but then again it is meant to be a drama and primarily made to entertain. And entertain it certainly does. Its the classic plot device of good against evil, except in this drama the good person starts out ugly and ends up beautiful! As for James Reyne's Greg Marden, well I'm a bloke I don't fancy him, on the other hand Rebecca Gilling's a different story, post op of course. She's even more sexy in the follow up series.Wendy Hughes plays a more sympathetic Jilly than Peta Toppano's devious, cold bitch in the sequel. True, she's still sneaky but nowhere near as arrogant as Peta! The resolution to the mini-series is a satisfying one, which I won't reveal. Go buy the DVD if you can find it.Performance wise this show is pretty well cast, it's almost like an ensemble piece, a quality shared by its sequel. You have to decide though, who gave the best performance in it? I'd say Rebecca Gilling, what her character endured in the duration of this show and how she dealt with it is gripping viewing! Wendy Hughes comes a close second, with James Reynes' slightly hammy acting in third.Comparing the mini-series with it's follow-up only shows that this show dared to be different, it's sequel is a little more formulaic and without giving too much away more contemporary.Return to Eden stands though as a solid compelling drama. The TV series spin off is just as compelling, both of them show the rise and fall of Stephanie Harper. If you come across either on DVD, buy it, they-re two of the very best examples of their genre.

Sherazade This was a great mini series, if I ever saw one. The plot is so solid and well-thought out that it just makes you wish you could read people's minds before you fall in love with and commit to share your life with them.A well-to-do entrepreneur marries an ordinary man, who soon falls in love and begins to have an affair with her best-friend. In order to acquire her money as well as gets the woman he really wants, the man conspires to kill his wife by pushing her into a crocodile infested lake. He then returns to land and announces her death but little does he know that his wife survives her ordeal and undergoes plastic surgery to reconstruct her face. With her new identity, she is able to become a famous supermodel and begins planning her revenge.It's a bit dated but well worth a look!

MikeJackKearney I have very fond memories of watching this film every year during my childhood. This film has EVERYTHING! A frumpy, 40-something millionairess gets eaten by a crocodile, survives, pays for a very extensive plastic surgery & rehabilitation program with the money she gets from cashing in some opals at a pawn shop, and then become an international model. Choice scenes of edge-of-your-seat intrigue include her lunch date with Wendy Hughes, the woman who helped feed her to a crocodile. Fifteen pounds thinner with a Pat Benatar haircut, she is completely unrecognizable to her former best friend. Although Ms. Hughes does remark, "Hmm, Stephanie was a beer drinker...." Oh no! Two beer-drinking women in Australia! Do you think she knows?? Intrigue ensues.

MaRX-4 A riveting performance from the superb actor, Rebecca Gilling.This mini-series is a Mile Stone for Australian Television. A heart breaking story about a young woman disfigured in a fight with a crocodile, who falls in love with the plastic surgeon from whom she seeks help.This is Australian Television at its absolute best.Oooo, GOEBBS.A must for all Australians.