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| Actors: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney
Studio: HBO
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  370 reviews
Sales Rank: 21
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 501 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.8 x 1
MPN: HBOD38820D
UPC: 883929020065
EAN: 0883929020065
ASIN: B000WGWQG8
Theatrical Release Date: March 16, 2008
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 History that is Entertaining July 26, 2008
Kirk Fischer (Temple, Texas USA)
Cinematic interpretations of large historical books are, by necessity, forced to recreate only portions of the story. Having read the book I was naturally skeptical that the mini-series would be fluff. My concerns were unfounded.
John Adams tells the essence of the story with excellent story line selection, superb writing, and even better acting. I was thoroughly entertained and found it faithful to the book. Highly recommended.
Superb July 25, 2008
Dennis Brandt (Red Lion, PA United States)
Television at its finest. The criticisms a minority have leveled here are without foundation. Those who claim boredom with this series must suffer from attention-deficit disorder. You can pick at nits if that is what makes you happy, but I would rather enjoy it. Giamatti and Linney are perfectly cast in their title roles, and the technical work is of movie quality and unobtrusive. David Morse's makeup scarily turned him into George Washington. The political pull and tug between Jefferson and Hamilton was portrayed without bias. In fact, I wanted to see more of it. This series removed our Founding Fathers from the canvases of paintings and put flesh on them. Great work, HBO!
 Clunky and tedious July 25, 2008
Swami B (Harlem, NY USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is so obvious that this miniseries is trying to portray John Adams (Paul Giamatti) in the best possible light, as if he's the most enlightened man in the movement for rule of law, racial equality, and political correctness. It completely downplays his viewpoints (and those of slave owner Thomas Jefferson, who built Monticello with slave labor) that would send any modern feminist or Marxist critic into a tizzy. Because this miniseries is so worried about offending people, it comes across as disingenuous, plodding, and inconsequential -- the perfect Sunday night soporific for HBO viewers who want to be lulled into complacent sleep before starting their harried work weeks. The relationship between John and Abigail Adams (Laura Linney) is passionless and arid, as if their marriage rested solely on chats about democratic ideals and legal principles. Ultimately, there is no insight on Adams as a person. We see each episode of his life, in dry serialistic form, but the series portrays him not as a man, but more as a historical ideal.
 Not as good as the book July 24, 2008
Chicesq (Las Vegas, NV United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read the book a few years before seeing the miniseries. I was excited when they came out with the miniseries and was anxious to see it. I was disappointed. The interation between Adams and Jefferson who were good friends until their deaths was not there. The story did not reveal that both Adams and Jefferson died on the same day -- the 4th of July. It did not show that Adams' daughter had a mastectomy without anesthesia, and finally succumbed to breast cancer. I just think for a miniseries, it could have been so much better.
John would be pleased! July 24, 2008
Harry L. Reahl MD (Charleston, WV United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have long been an Adams fan since watching the PBS series The Adams Chronicles in the 70's. The books by Joseph Ellis (Founding Brothers, Passionate Sage, American Sphinx, and At the Creation) served to further deepen my esteem and appreciation for our second President, warts and all. The HBO mini-series John Adams is an outstanding portrayal and interpretation of David McCullough novel, bring John, his wife Abigail, and the times in which they lived and struggled vividly to life.
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