- Actors: Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz, Anna Friel, Steven Mackintosh, Tom Georgeson
- Directors: David Leland
- Writers: David Leland, Angela Huth, Keith Dewhurst
- Producers: Andrew Warren, Ruth Jackson, Simon Relph
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 12
- Studio: Cinema Club
- DVD Release Date: 10 Sep 2001
- Run Time: 111 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005NW41
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 25,515 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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During the Second World War, Britain's women were asked to help out the farming industry by joining The Women's Land Army (The Land Girls). Three city gals make their way to the Lawrence farm in Dorset, and find themselves taking to the work easily enough. The only problem between them is each want young Joe (Steven Mackintosh) for their own reasons. Ag (Anna Friel) is the fiery sort who'll take pleasure where she finds it; Prue (Rachel Wiesz) just wants a lesson in the ways of the world; while Stella (Catherine McCormack) is looking for a way out of the private trap she's set in motion back home, but her feelings are the most sincere of the bunch. The film is Stella's story really (as adapted from the novel by Angela Huth), and has her affecting the on-off decision by Joe to join the RAF, the fight with the government to keep the East Meadow as it is and the paths the two other girls end up taking. Everything is very sweet-natured, especially when played out against a backdrop of rolling green hills, chuffing steam engines and knee-high socks tucked into Wellington boots. There's no comment on the effects of war as such, instead this film is more about the reasons why we make choices in life. --Paul Tonks
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Gently written and directed, this is a pleasing romantic tale with a lot of scenery and some good acting. It isn't action packed, nor does it present anything new to us really even if there haven't been any movies about the ww2 land girls before. But it paints an accurate picture of the period while telling a rather obvious tale of love between two who would never have met if it wasn't for the war. Gentle, subtle, pretty little film.
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This film is brilliant. Anna Friel is excellent, very funny and plays her part really well. Each of the characters are so very likeable. There are quite a lot of funny scenes in it but also some real heart breaking stuff (i cried one minute and laughed the next!), which i feel portrays the ups and downs of the second world war extremely well.
It is a gentle and emotional film and the countryside scenery is breathtaking . If you like good old fashioned English films, you will find this very entertaining.
It is a gentle and emotional film and the countryside scenery is breathtaking . If you like good old fashioned English films, you will find this very entertaining.
Format:DVD
Good film set in period during WW2 when nearly all the men have gone to war leaving women to help with farming This particular story deals with love lost and regained with some poignant moments dealing with the effects on those left behind of men who lose their lives or are seriously maimed on the battlefield Good convincing acting from all
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Anna Friel is brilliant as always.
And Land girls is a very good period piece, with a bunch of very good players all around, and I thought for some time that it could not be done any better, so I did not bother to... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Isabella Balkert
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I could watch this film over and over again its brilliant and very well acted.
Published 21 months ago by K. M. Smith
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I enjoyed this film very much but was dissappointed that it was very different to the book.
Published on 18 Sep 2009 by willow
Oi! Don't You Know There's a War On?
I guess that Land Girls is there to give us a 'glimpse of life in the country during World War II'. Not much material there for a feature film you might think, at least not without... Read more
Published on 28 July 2007 by Eddie
A wonderful love story with a bitter-sweet ending
i thought this was a deeply touching story of three girls from very different backgrounds pulling together to help in the war. Read more
Published on 2 April 2002
A slow but sweet tale of love and sex during WW2.
This pleasing story introduces the reader into a number of unique and interesting characters who fill each other and the book with zest and reason. Read more
Published on 11 April 2001
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