5/5 Entertaining From Beginning to End!
  by Raggedynan (PA)
I love period romances and this one has it all; although it takes the hero a little longer to discover who he really loves. It's well worth the waiting. Susannah Harker makes this movie, she's beautiful and a brilliant actress.
I give this movie at the very least 5 stars. I'm sorry I missed it all these years. Iain Glen was also supposively the bad guy in Wives and Daughters with Keely Hawes. I never really thought of him as the bad guy.

In Adam Bede, he's much younger and just as handsome. Anyone who loves 19th century romance, will love this movie.
Trust me!

1/5 Very brief review
  by Medusa
The acting was A.BOM.IN.A.BLE. By everyone but especially Iain Glen and Patsy Kensit. I felt as though I was watching a high school production. Both are good looking but that's as far as it goes. When Hetty was found guilty of the murder of her newborn child, Kensit let out the most ridiculous cry I've ever heard. No pain, no sorrow, no regret, no fear, just a screech. And Adam was beyond weak; he was downright wimpy as played by Glen. These two need to take some serious acting classes. Now. The accents were awful; everything was awful. AW.FUL. Avoid it.

4/5 Well done
  by Scholar (USA)
I like the fact that BBC decided to branch out a little and do an adaptation of something besides Emma and Jayne Eyre!

This was well-done, although the ending was a bit rushed. Does not detract from the overall quality of the story here.



2/5 only Average
  by P. Condon (maine)
I did not like Adam Bede. I thought it was booring and tedious.Since this is the only version I have seen, I would not be inclined to check out other versions. I just thought the whole story was un-interesting.

5/5 A Heart Wrenching Story!
  by C. Alford (Illinios)
George Eliot writes a wonderful story of one working class young man's dream for love with one, only to find true love in another. I highly recommend this one.