Diagonaldi
Very well executed
ActuallyGlimmer
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Ezmae Chang
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
busy_bee411
I love this show!!!! Its warm and funny and also very serious in some areas of the show. I found myself sobbing along with the characters and laughing with them as well at some of the situations they got into and thinking "yep thats exactly how things are sometimes." And Shhhhhhhh don't tell anyone but my partner was hooked as well, although he insists he was only watching the war scenes lol...Bring on season 7!!!!! I'm super excited!!! The end of season 6 left me jumping up and down screaming at the TV saying "WHY WHY WHY must you do this to me" because i don't think any TV has left me hanging like this for a long time. 2013 cant come quick enough for season 7.
ecowheelie
Where do I begin? It is definitely written by women for women. The psychiatrist acts like a woman; it's the only way they could make him one of the girls. Everything is fraught with emotion, even the soldiers are overly emotional. While it is OK for men to be emotional ... sorry but, THAT emotional. And wouldn't the men have a few issues with this handsome psychiatrist hanging with their wives when they are deployed? The inaccuracies bother me big time. Those of you in the service please correct me where I am wrong but --- Frank made it to Lt. Col without a graduate degree? Didn't Michael get his second star awfully quick? really, the wives of enlisted men and officers hang together as these women do. So, they ignore the hierarchy of the military? The illegal immigrant wife of a serviceman gets forgiven for immigration fraud when there is nothing in the law that would allow this? AND the wife of the post commander goes off the reservation to help her? OK, you get my point.My big problem is that it focuses the military experience on these whiny and simplistic wives and ignores the realities of war. It is my observation that the significant others are far more concerned about their loved ones safety than is portrayed here. It gives us all the self-serving jingoism regarding service in the United States military, service that is handled much too simplistically and in an embarrassingly politically correct fashion.These men and women and their wives and husbands deserve a better show. Too many of these brave men and women return with injuries that they would not have survived a decade ago or hidden impairments like PTSD and are greeted with terrible discrimination (have you looked at how physically inaccessible our colleges are to those with mobility impairments?). The problems they face are intense and complicated.Every problem on this show, however, is solved quickly and easily. Roxie betrays Trevor while he's away (not sexually but, emotionally). One evening of talk, hugging, and sex and --- surprise --- all is forgiven. Really? What's her name, the brunette, is grieving the loss of her son, runs away for a couple of days, and --- she's fine!! Really? Joy doesn't tell Michael about her surgery and, well, he's terribly understanding. Really? My wife does that to me and, after being assured she's OK, I get pi$$ed at her for not trusting that I can handle it. These men can go to war and watch their buddies get killed but, are too fragile to handle these things? Really? OK, you get my point. The men and women who risk it all to preserve our freedoms and the loved ones that they leave behind deserve better than this trite, simplistic, and Oprahfied show.Oh, yes. I watch this garbage because my wife loves it and I love my wife.
Rob Stewart
The Federal Law regulating portrayal of military members on TV or in movies is United States Code Title 10, Subtitle A, Part II, Chapter 45, Section 772, sub-paragraph (f): The wearing of the armed force military uniform (Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps) can be worn by an actor in a theatrical or motion-picture production, if the portrayal does not tend to discredit that armed force.So inaccurate wearing of the uniform on any TV show or movie is either because the production staff does not research properly or they mean to reflect military service in a negative view. Considering that Army Wives means to shed a positive light on the life of military spouses, the inaccuracy in the wearing of uniforms and other misrepresentations of Army regulations, policies and procedures can then be attributed to a lack of prioritizing realism over story lines.I don't know if Army Wives employs a military technical adviser or not. If they do, then that individual needs to be empowered to make corrections in background activities (organized Physical Training is off limits in residential areas), as well as uniforms and other scenarios. If the show doesn't have a qualified technical adviser they should invest in one for credibility and realism.DISCLAIMER: I'm a retired Master Sergeant with a pet peeve for military inaccuracies.
missysue78
I think the gossip and cattiness is dead on. The bartender who married an Army guy she knew 4 days...I had to laugh, in real life it would be a stripper. That said, she's one of my favorites. As a former dependent of a retired Marine, a former AF SSgt and now a Air Force wife, I find this show both brutally incorrect and laughably honest. I do agree about the lack of different nationalities. Just when I want to be a cynic about the whole show, I find myself feeling for them because I have been in pretty much all of their shoes. It is just a show, I can forgive the inaccuracies. It's just nice to see the military portrayed as flawed but striving to make the world better.