The Slap

Aisha's performance is wonderful-An English actress with a great Australian accent. Hard core drama with some good sex scenes as well as some violence. The DVD's had to be played on my computer since they were Britain orientated.

Started out good but died out.

I would highly recommend this series to anyone who likes a relationship based drama. Each episode follows the lives of each of the friends and acquaintances who all shared a dramatic BBQ together. Brilliantly written and acted and perfectly cast. Superb.

I'm leaving feedback before I got my title. what I seen in previews about the slap I would love to get the movie, and watch it. Melissa George is very sexy when she is in any movie she plays.

Excellent!

Excellently and faithfully done; makes US version look amateur

THIS MOVIE WAS PURE TRASH WITH OBSCENE LANGUAGE AND PORNOGRAPHY.

I did not read the book, nor see the American made series. Humbly deals with very complex issues without force feeding a "solution." Breastfeeding - yes, it should be done as long a family is comfortable, but be brutally self-honest about who it is comforting the most. It can be a wonderful experience for a mother and in this case it seems it is more comfort for Rosie than it is for Hugo. Just because you believe in breastfeeding into toddlerhood, it is also a private family tradition that does not need to be thrust into extended family viewing. Again, make sure your intentions are for the well-being of the child primarily, mother secondarily. Domestic Violence (DV)- more complicated than a simple "leave him." Unfortunately, many "victims" of DV lose friends/relatives because they can't do what everyone wants them to do: LEAVE. Leaving a DV relationship is the most dangerous time for the receiver and it needs to happen only when that person is ready, which may take a long time and an average of 7 previous attempts at leaving before a permanent seperation is possible. There are many reasons for this from financial, logical to actual love and the unfortunate bonding that occurs when 2 people share intimate experiences (the physiological self does not recognize whether the intimate experience is "good" or "bad" it just is that: an intimate bonding), to wishing the batterer would get help. What the victim always needs is unconditional love and support of her friends and family. (It was when my mom was friendly and participating in an "in-law" relationship with my abusive ex that I felt able to leave him.) As long as the, in this case, woman has to "defend" her relationship, along with the shame of being in an abusive relationship to begin with, it is almost impossible to leave. Self-love and acceptance are necessary before a woman can even consider leaving an abusive relationship. Rape - I do wish there was a little more on the destructive nature of accusing rape when there isn't one and how it belittles ALL other women who are really raped. Although, because of her age, we could say Connie was not able to consent, therefore it was rape, except that she initiated the kisses. As mothers and sisters, we need to teach our girls that it is not ok to be intimate with married or "coupled" partners and that it is really not ok to plead rape when there wasn't one. And finally, not teaching children consequences for their actions is also not ok. Maybe you don't believe in "spanking," then come up with another consequence; definitely DO NOT comfort a child that is upset at being chastised for a wrong. Hugo was wrong in the beginning and needed a consequence and in the end he needed a consequence for what he did to the old man. Rosie then makes Richie apologize to Hugo for chastising him - ironically, those are the types of children that grow up to be rapists and abusers, I'm sure Harry was treated similarly when he was a child. Excellent viewing experience, hopefully people will watch with their teen agers and then have good conversation after watching.

This is a very well acted, Altmannesque narrative that follows many separate people from their point of view while advancing a plot line. While my wife found it exaggerated and over-the-top, I found it engrossing and at times moving. The various crises - of sexuality, marriages at the point of disillusionment, and the burdens of long-term relationships - appeared very real indeed to me, as did the ambiguity of the characters: no one is clearly good or bad.The plot starts off with "the slap", where a man loses it with a very difficult child. The parents, who already intensely dislike the man, take the matter to the police; they want to send him to jail in the most serious way. Of course, this drives a wedge into a series of friendships and family relations, making lives much much more complicated.The episodes then cover individuals, whose concerns and thoughts are revealed in greater depth. Rather than a reversal thing - where you see things in a totally different light - it is more of a peeling away, getting closer to the essence of someone as they hurt and grow and accept things or don't. This was fun, for me, because I thought the characters were well drawn and, for the most part, realistic. It also isn't a rashomon-style drama, in my view, but a consistent portrait that gets engraved ever more clearly. THough the quality is good enough, I speculate that the viewer will be able to re-watch the drama and see it differently in accordance with maturity and experience (a feature of good art, in my opinion).I do not want to reveal any spoilers that aren't obvious from the cover blurb. The best portraits, I found, are the married couple, Hector and his judgmental wife. They are in that limbo, where they have been married for some time and are caught in routine and the terrible grey of mid-life. Both make irrevocable choices, but choose to deal with them in very different ways. You leave the series not knowing if they can reconcile or heal, which is so much like long-term marriages that go through stages unimaginable to those who have never married.Then there are the older parents, who exist in the background but whose relationships and personalities shape events in subtle ways. They are at turns sad, loving, a pain to deal with - everything that elderly parents can be, but with a startling honesty. There are also 2 teenage kids, whose travails are less developed, like their personalities. A lie (based on an illusion) shapes much of what happens to them. The resolution of their problems was the only thing that seemed too pat with me, though the young actors were excellent. Finally, there are the parents of the assaulted child. Perhaps less complex, and I never developed much sympathy for them, they are interesting for anyone who has friends that have a very difficult, if not mentally ill, child. Is it what they do that makes the child so impossible or something inherent in him? What should they do differently? Maybe he did need a smack?I recommend this as a good slice of life. It is fun to witness Australia, but is universal as well.

Extremely thought provoking, unnerving. Great cast, familiar faces from Heartbreak High, Melissa George from Home & Away in a bygone age. Watching the car crash lives of middle class Australians, on a rainy UK bank holiday Monday, binge watching, was bliss. It is best watched alone as it is quite adult, sex and bad language abound.Each episode focuses on individual characters, their perspective on events, and each person's loyalty is tested as they are all friends, family or employees. It explores lust and frustration, class and race differences in that breathtakingly honest, eye popping way that I find so watchable and endearing that I only find in Australian productions. Super ironic, occasional voiceover made it even more enjoyable, because despite the subject, it is actually quite funny. Will watch again one day.

Unfortunately, if you didn't like the book style so much the DVD is loyally true to it's form. I enjoy the content and idea of this story so much I have reccommended the book and then bought the DVD to compare it's retelling.If you enjoyed the book you will no doubt enjoy the DVD the actors are true to their characters, even the direction and cinematography seem all to embrace the book's ideology.Each episode (as in the book) is a different character's story of how they got to the same, collective, point in time - where a father slaps another parents' child in the middle of a birthday party BBQ, with many winding, interesting and different narratives woven in.My problem with both the book and now the DVD is the sex, and maybe the violence. It's so unrealistickly graffic and vibrant that I think it distracts from a very interesting idea/story/plot. Is every one really having affairs and exerting physical power over the people they love? Or is it just the Ozzies?!Finally, the representation of Australian Greek's is, in it's direction and writing, pretty spot on; but it's a huge shame they couldn't have used authentic accented actors (as the accents can at times be laughable).At such a cheap price though (I paid £4.20) it's better than watching tired old soaps or rubbish TV and is always a great talking point with peers.

I bought this because I saw it on tv some years ago, enjoyed it, and thought my husband might like it too. It's a good story and the acting is excellent but some of the dialogue is difficult to decipher - this is not because of the Oz accent but because the diction of some of the actors is poor. Still worth watching however as it's an unusual subject and the book it comes from is great.

I first saw, nearly, the whole series on a visit to Australia.The incident, the slapping of a child at a barbeque by an adult, is the start.The family, the friends and the fracturing and fragmenting of a social group that, until that moment had been whole, then rips inself apart as allegiances kick in a favours are asked for.The story is seen from multiple view points and most of those involved just want it to go away and "everything go back to the way it was".That's not possible though. Gripping!