The Count of Monte Cristo

Based in UK desparate to watch and lucky enough to watch on STV.

A beautiful mini series based on Alexander dumas novel. Stunning locations, architecture, music, art and most of all superb acting and directing.

Sam Claflin as Edmund/the count was absolutely hypnotic. Close up camera work on his eyes showed the pain, anger and loss of the character. Episode with Abe Faria (Jeremy Iron) was enthralling don't know where time went.

Actors playing Danglars, Vampa, Caderousse and Jacapo gave humour which I enjoyed too!

The villains of the piece played magnificently too.

A show not to be missed. I'm on my 3rd time round😁

I've seen many adaptations of this particular book by Alexandre Dumas. And in my opinion this one is by far the best. I read the book and loved it a lot. This is captivating story and an epic revange tale. And this tv mini series did the book justice. The way Count placed his ponds and stroke when his enemies least expected - pure genius. And this adaptation perfectly sees it through. Sam Claflin did amazing job as Edmond / the count. There are some differences from the book, or characters missing, but nothing major. And to be fully honest, I think I like this enging better than the one in the book. Will I watch it again? For sure. If you ever find yourself in a need of a revange - do it Montecristo style.

Out of ALL of the versions of this wonderful tale of abstract revenge; this series happens to be the most wonderful of all. Although it lacks the action of the predecessors, it is the CLOSEST adaptation to the novel. This series encompasses the majority of the book and in such, it should be deemed as a must watch be any and everyone that loves this novel. This adaptation shows all aspects of the angst of the protagonist. In Edmond Dantes, you can see that he struggles with doing what his heart desires as revenge but nonetheless he goes forward even in his one on one interactions with Mercedes, he still goes forward. Dumas would have LOVED this rendition.

I have seen less than 50 percent of Bille August work and never liked any of his movies, actually most of it made me wanna puke and think he is totally overrated. Mediocre movies that I feel are so poorly made but this one is just amazing.

Maybe it is because this Story is just so amazing, that his talent finally come to show. But this is the best version of the The count of Monte Christo I have ever seen.

Great acting, great flow in the story, cinematic experience was superb felt like a historical experience and the audio was amazing.

Our family, old and young, was glued to the screen for two days.

The only minus was the pretentious birth name of his daughter who had a minor role in the movie which she did, ok. So we withdraw the tenth star.

By far the best adaptation of Monte C and closest to the book. Compared to French version this one is superior. Almost 90% is true to the book, the rest is light modifications, some good, some not very smart... Lacks the intensity of the stories in the book. Maybe one or two more episodes would give time develop all characters correctly!

Everything was covered, a lot of details, good cinematography, but a lot is left unsaid... Few characters were merged, and used poorly, but I gave it a high rating, because other adaptations did not even try to follow the book.

Solid adaptation of a great book!