by Bfs Entertainment
Sales Rank: 31056
Price: $49.98
I have enjoyed all of Ms. Cookson's novels-to-movies. This one was no exception. A sweeping saga covering 25 years with stories of greed, love, lust and murder. A great cast and believable storyline makes this movie a must-see for Cookson fans.
Viewer Reviews Dinner of Herbs is the story of a group of childhood friends Roddy, Hal and Mary Ellen. They become friends after Roddy's dad is mysteriously killed. As they grow older, friendship turns to love and Mary Ellen falls hard for Roddy. She seduces him and becomes pregnant leading her to lose her job and to be scorned by the villagers.
I found the first dvd interesting. The second dvd, the last 2 episodes they changed actors and actresses and fast-forwarded 20 years to when Mary Ellen and Roddy's girl Kate is older. Different actors and actresses and kind of silly plot device involving Kate's two fiancee's rather bored me. Kate seemed to be overly favored by her parents and I felt a bit sorry for the other children. The actor who played her second fiancee wasn't a good fit. He had zero emotional range and I expected him to be a villain. He hardly ever smiles and seems very dour. The fight scene between him and Kate's dad was terrible.
This was worth a view, especially for the first 4 episodes but the last 2 were not my favorite.
