Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

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Vivian D Apr 20 Long. Too much of the movie is fictional. Mary and her husband, Will and Thomas do a great job carrying the movie. Unnecessary nudity and violence to women. See more Je E 09/05/2024 Story line sounded interesting then the series began to unfold and it was pretty obvious it had little hope of being worth watching. Mostly violent, sex obsessed and in general not worth the time. Don't waste the time. See more Dom 04/14/2024 This show is like a teenage romcom but with the setting and budget of Horatio Hornblower. And with none the good and nuanced story line. Start of the end of the Hollywood historical epic if you tell me. Additional half a point for the costume specialist. P.S. Reading the Wiki page for Mary Bryan, where the heck is the daring 5,000 miles escape part? It feels like we are stuck with watching redcoats in Australia and a boring romance plot for the entire show length. You'd think that this show will be something similar to "The Bounty" but it's such a far cry from that. See more 07/25/2016 Vraiment SUPER bon !!!!! See more 02/01/2016 an amazing story of human spirit. She lived more in 29 years then some people will ever live. See more walter m @Harlequin68 08/29/2013 Deep hunger leads Mary(Romola Garai) to rob a woman in Cornwall in 1786 and also hinders her attempting to escape from a platoon of soldiers. Instead of being hanged, she is sent with other criminals to a new colony in New South Wales. The conditions onboard are so bad for the six month voyage that Lieutenant Clark's(Jack Davenport) wife wants nothing to do with it, even as a free passenger. In response, he is kind to the prisoners, especially to Mary who he chivalrously offers to let stay in his quarters after she is injured during a storm. But after she gives birth on board, she marries William Bryant(Alex O'Loughlin), a fellow prisoner, upon arrival. "The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant" is a mostly winning combination of history, romance and adventure that verges on being a bodice ripper at times. While being culled from an eight hour miniseries leads to the editing being more than a little choppy, there is also a classic cliffhanger at the end of part one. And I was thinking at one point this was rather anti-climactic but then it turned out the story was not quite finished with a few more twists to go. All of which is in the service of not only presenting the true story of an eighteenth century cause celebre, but also the story behind the founding of a country. Granted, it is one where apparently nobody initially wanted to stick around for long.(This was also before the oppression of the native people began which is foreshadowed in a few key scenes.) That just proves sometimes you just don't know. See more Read all reviews

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