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As usual, sound designers have turned a great show into an annoyance. Incessant growling, moaning, explosions, etc., etc., mar the enjoyment of otherwise excellent content. What on earth makes producers think this background cacophony helps dramatize the content? Do they not understand the drama of silence? A lone voice shedding tearful commentary against a curtain of emptiness communicates more in 2 minutes than "...Happened's" barrage of noise. May I suggest Hollywood take a look at the masterpieces of the 940s and 1950s and learn how "sound designers" -- oh, sorry, there were no such animals -- layered in the dramatic effects BETWEEN silences.

"Fictionalized" is the key word here. A travesty of the inner life of a troubled star. Pure exploitation with a not-too-subtle added agenda (you figure it out). This is a docudrama better suited to television's Crimes-of-blood-and- gore category - figuratively speaking. A waste your time EXCEPT to watch a great interpretation of Marilyn by Ana de Armas. There is no story line, only a succession of episodes from the reported and dreamed-up events of her life. It seems a pity that the dead cannot fight back to preserve their privacy. This is a classic case of why they should be protected. Another Mommy Dearest attack on the defenseless.

A fascinating story in a form Aristotle would have sanctioned. BUT... Nicole: Go sue the makeup people and the director for making you look so boring and acting so lifeless (yes, the adjective -- consider the phrase elliptic).

Xavier: Go take some charm lessons and learn how to speak with the delightful accent that Dezi evidenced. Never in the annals of film history have so few actors owed so much to so many viewers.

That's right. As usual, interesting comments from his loved ones, all partly obliterated by annoying piano comping that covers the voice.

I'll be brief. Lackluster performances, great gaps in the story, a complete failure to intimate the awesome experiences of these children. I am amazed at the incompetent portrayal of an event that rocked the world in 1917, foretold of the horrors to come, and left its impact on 2 generations of Catholics and other believers. A waste of time. Go rent the 1952 version. It's more factual and the events much more effectively depicted..

I had never seen this movie/play. A truly engrossing study of the poison of cult religion, self-deception, and true love. My respect for Joan Crawford has increased tenfold. She is simply wonderful here in a role that one would never expect her to play so very well. Amusing, touching, tragic, funny, intriguing -- the marks of a truly satisfying story played by an outstanding cast. And nice to see Rita Hayworth NOT being Rita Hayworth.

This is the most moving experience I have had in a lifetime of television watching.

One feels transported into a world that reveals the scope of human capabilities: love, hate; loyalty, treachery; benevolence, meanness; magnanimity, misanthropy; heroism. Cowardice, and all wrapped in a glorious cinematic depiction of a bygone era. Production values were astronomical. The result is a once-in-a-lifetime viewing experience one can never forget.

There are scenes of real battles and Nazi horrors that sear the consciousness - and conscience - of any thinking being. A cast of thousands pepper every landscape and territory. And the acting! Oh, the glorious acting of so very many giants. Depictions of Hitler, Himmler, Eichmann, Roodevelt, Churchill, and on and on.

Thank you, Dan Curtis. You will remain forever a film-maker deserving of the title, "Master of Cinematic Storytelling."

One problem is that it's episodic in structure, more like a chronologically depicted documentary than a movie.

It is also ruined (at least, for me) by overdubbed dialogue. It sounds like a movie made in Italy in Italian and English, and then RE-dubbed over the English speakers very own English. Are you following this? The resulting, dry-sounding dialogue leaves you with half of an actor's performance. It can never match the original utterances.

Otherwise, the character actors are wonderful. So many great mugs with evil dispositions. And Bronson is great. Probably his best role. A real shame about the audio. Hard to believe so many films are so badly dubbed.