Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Faith I grew up watching this show and I sort of read the books and biographies of Laura Ingalls Wilder at the same time I was watching the series (I was and still am very interested in her and her life) so right-off-the-bat I knew that this series wasn't completely accurate and took liberties. I enjoyed how it took on a life of its own separate from the books-even adding characters and such. I thought that was appropriate, seeing as if they had just stuck to following the plot strictly of the 9 children's books, they would not have had enough material. (Also, I love the books, but there are entire chapters on making butter and preserving meat. Not exactly prime-time TV fare.)However, I still loved it. The casting was incredible. Melissa Gilbert was just great as a young Laura;I really can't imagine anyone else taking her place. She, being only 8 or 9 when the show started, took the character and really made you love her and root for her. She portrayed Laura in all the right ways: tomboyish, free-spirited, spunky, buck- toothed and braids flying. Very realistic.I thought all of the actors and actresses did a great job-Michael as Charles became a well-loved TV dad. Some say he cried too much for a pioneer man or didn't look the part-but that was just how his acting was and I appreciate it. He was like that in Highway to Heaven as well. As far as looking the part-you don't really think he'd cut that 70's hair off, did you? ;) But seriously, I never thought it detracted from his acting.Karen Grassle as Ma was terrific, so kind and caring but tough when she needed to be. Melissa Sue Anderson was a good little actress as Mary, especially after she went blind. To this day I still haven't seen anyone who has portrayed being blind as well as she did. Sure, the series took its sappy turns, but that was what made it family- fare and enjoyable.It also had its dark times, it addressed the issues of drinking, child abuse, suicide, martial unfaithfulness, death, drug abuse, crime, and even rape. A wonderful show that I always go back to after a bad day or after seeing too much crap on TV. 10/10

ersinkdotcom "Little House on the Prairie" has become an entertainment staple in my house. My wife began feverishly DVRing the show and trying to catch all the episodes in some semblance of order since running across it on GMC a couple of years back. Along the way, she sucked my sons into the family- oriented drama as well. She loves it so much I actually made a friend of mine drive 40 miles out of the way on a road trip so I could visit and take pictures of the Ingalls' homestead in Kansas for her. "Little House on the Prairie" tells the story of Charles Ingalls and his family as they move to Kansas and then Minnesota to start a new life. They settle down in Minnesota and face many hardships as they build a home for themselves outside of the town of Walnut Grove. As they settle into the challenges of everyday life, they make friends and learn to deal with a colorful group of people who run and live in the the little community.If you're looking for good clean family-friendly entertainment, "Little House on the Prairie" is most definitely the answer to your prayers. It's a show that teaches the importance of family and the strength it provides to weather through the storms life throws at you. Any fan of classic television should clean off a spot in their home library for this new edition of the hit series.

Thomas "Little House on the Prairie", which originally aired on NBC from 1974 through 1983, depicts an American family's struggle to survive in pioneer America in the late 19th century. The television series was based on the books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.The series was largely written by, directed, and starred Michael Landon, who was a television veteran of the program 'Bonanza'.In "Little House", Landon portrays Charles Ingalls. Along with his wife Caroline (Karen Grassle) and children Mary (Melissa Sue Anderson), Laura (Melissa Gilbert), and Carrie (Lindsay-Sidney Greenbush), the Ingalls family endures tremendous hardships in their daily lives, including life among American Indians, crop failures, disease, hunger, wild animals, rough weather, and their neighbors in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. The series is depicted from the perspective of Laura Ingalls.My favorite character in the series is Harriet Oleson, portrayed by Katherine MacGregor. To prevent the story lines from becoming stale, it is crucial for every successful series to have a good villain. Along with her TV daughter Nellie, Harriet Oleson is without a doubt one of the most appealing villains in TV history. Week after week during the 1970s, Harriet Oleson (and her daughter Nellie) did everything possible to make the lives of the Ingalls family difficult.At the end of each episode, however, it was the Ingalls family who inevitably endured and survived life's challenges due to their belief in God, community spirit, work ethic, and mutual love and devotion to one another.My siblings and I watched "Little House on the Prairie" each and every Monday night while growing up in the 1970s. During my childhood, I recall that it was not considered "cool" to admit that you watched this program, although it was consistently a top-rated program during it's original run on NBC."Little House on the Prairie" is an American television classic that has endured the test of time. Belief in God, helping your fellow neighbor, a solid work ethic, and family values are all promoted by this outstanding program.

Gunnar_Runar_Ingibjargarson A long-running drama based upon the "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Little House on the Prairie" follows the lives of the simple, farming Ingalls family: Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, Carrie and then Grace and the later adopted Albert, James and Cassandra, who settle into a quaint little house on the banks of Plum Creek near the small town of Walnut Grove during the late 1800s. Often narrated by Laura, the series follows her simple farm upbringing from her childhood until her adulthood with Almanzo Wilder with whom she starts a family of her own. While the series is based upon the Little House books (and thus the real life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder), it is a very loose adaptation, with mostly only key events and elements of fact surviving the transition from book to TV series, the most important being Mary's eventual blindness, and Laura's future. Several other fictitious (some factual) characters make up the friendly community of Walnut Grove, including teacher Miss Beadle (succeeded by two other teachers, then Laura, then Etta Plum), Dr. Hiram Baker, Rev. Robert Alden, Mr. Hanson (of the Hanson lumber mill), and the well-to-do Olesons, owners of the local mercantile, and also the primary rivals of the Ingalls family (except the Oleson patriarch). Family friends include the Edwards family, the Garvey family and the Carters, who, in the final season, move into the Ingalls' little house.