5/5 Widows' Peak
  by Marmalade (PA, USA)
This is quite an entertaining story. Here is a town that seems to have an unusual number of widows living there. The established heirarchy is very obvious and very much in control, or are they? There are a few characters you find yourself disliking from the very beginning. Joan Plowright does an excellent job as the widow very much in authority over almost everyone else in the town, including the men. Mia Farrow is convincing as a woman living with a tainted past. Natasha Richardson plays the newcomer, a women who intends to get her way, no matter what. I really enjoyed the ending which was quite surprising. It made me want to watch it again. So I did just that and thoroughly enjoyed it.

5/5 A Peek through the Widow's Telescope
  by F. S. L'hoir (Irvine, CA)
"Widow's Peak" is great fun and genuinely funny. Set in Ireland of the 1920s, it is also lovely to view. The costumes are scrumptious, and the ensemble cast is splendid.

Joan Plowright portrays the doyenne of the village of Kilshannon, who divides her time presiding over a clutch of resident widows and peering through her brass telescope to keep a watchful eye on the manners and morality of the village. Among those to whom she condescends is a rather frumpy Widow O'Hara (Mia Farrow) who, in addition to growing prize roses, has attracted the amorous attentions of the village dentist (Jim Broadbent). Suddenly, the village is turned upside down with the arrival of a glamorous widow, late of Antibes, (Miranda Richardson), who not only sets her cap for the doyenne's milk-sop son but is soon at loggerheads with the Widow O'hara. A clear case of throwing oil on troubled fires. What is their problem? Will it reveal dark secrets from the past? And even murder? I shall say no more, except buy this DVD, which has a pip of an ending!

3/5 An comedy set in 20's Ireland
  by R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
A very pretty English girl arrives in a small Irish town,
and begins a plan to marry the town's leading widow's son.
A feud with a local woman leads to some "accidents" and
hard feelings then rumors of murder.
There is a strange twisted ending.
I didn't much like this film as it was all kind of
a patterned game that didn't seem all that real
even with some pretty good acting.

4/5 LIGHTHEARTED FUN
  by Sandra Kane (PHOENIX, AZ United States)
Natasha Richardson fans will find this a "must" for their DVD collections, but truly, ALL of the actors were perfectly cast in this lighthearted mystery/comedy set in 1926 Ireland. Joan Plowright, Mia Farrow and Jim Broadbent are all wonderful and the Irish landscapes are a joy to behold. Highly recommend !!!

3/5 Mystery and Ploting
  by Richard C. Idoux (APO, AE United States)
It might seem rather far fetched, but, there are really people out there who tell lies, reveal secrets, seduce men, enrage women just to carry out a scheme. This film explorers all of the machinations of the villainess; but, to what end? Grab the bottom of your chair and hold on tight because the ending is quite some surprise.