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It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I was very disappointed in this movie. I've read all of the published diaries and felt this was dull and lifeless compared to the portrayals in Nella's writing. It reflects little of her commitment to her wartime duties and dwells mainly on the saddest aspects of her marriage. There is little of her wit and none of her insights and commentary on the period, the world, and the future. If you want to know about Nella Last and life in and around Barrow-in- Furness during the war (and after) read Nella Last's War, Nella Last's Peace, and Nella Last in the 1950s. Her diary output was vast, but the writers chose the least interesting aspects of her life for the film, a real injustice to a fascinating, intelligent woman.

Victoria Wood was reportedly concerned that the success of her stage musical version of her cult sketch series "Acorn Antiques" would ruin her chances of making a career as a serious playwright, and this TV adaptation of the war diaries of Nella Last proves (as did "Dinnerladies," come to think of it) that she really did have the chops for serious drama. Nella the bullied housewife who finds her own spine while participating in the war effort is also a brilliant role for Wood, a natural extension of her appealing, straightforward persona. Though everybody's good in this. I particularly liked Stephanie Cole as Nella's fairy godmother.

Now I am not one to go overboard when reviewing anything but this you have to see. In an interview earlier this year Victoria Wood said she has a few things "in the fire" but she wouldn't elaborate. Comedienne, comedy actress & writer, singer of comedy songs she again writes herself, but this is something special. I have seen her act in non comedy roles before but this has such a range with her initially frightened of the world outside her home,naive, not daring to contradict her husband over anything to later taking charge in all aspects of her life and improving the lives of those around her. Set in the 2nd World War it is not a "feel good" drama and I was close to tears more than once. But you go through the journey she does and you come out the other side uplifted. Well I did, maybe you will too.

Taken from a housewife's diary writing in Barrow in Furnness, in the North of England, during World War Two, this two hour trudge makes for a very dull evening. As each plodding scene followed the last you began to hope for a Nazi bomber to drop a bomb on the lot of them. Every character is one dimensional. Every scene is played at a smug snail's pace. It seems to be shot entirely in sepia, until the war ends and suddenly people start wearing red. The ghastly derivative acting, music and script have no sense of rhythm. It is all apparently true. Whoever said that real life was more interesting that drama? The whole thing seemed longer than the war itself, and not nearly as interesting.