SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

angelacere I grew up the show. I loved it then and I love it now. It never gets old. There's no other show like this because you can never replace the original.

mark.waltz When I feel like doing absolutely nothing on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, I pull out one of my seven season DVD's of "Golden Girls" and pop it in. I must admit, I don't laugh like I used to, but the show brings on so many smiles and memories. Back in the 1980's through early 1990's, there wasn't a gay bar in any city that on Saturday night didn't at least have it on in the background, and if they did, that's because they didn't have a T.V. screen! So while this show is now gone more than 20 years in original episodes, the memory lingers on. I can even remember where I was when the last episode aired, played to a capacity crowd at the Midnight Sun video bar in San Francisco where everybody gathered to laugh and cry at the end of a truly memorable sitcom.My memories are not only of the four regulars: Bea, Betty, Rue, and Estelle, but the many memorable guest stars who popped in and out over the 7 years. "Hi, it's me, Stan", frequent visitor Herbert Edelman would say as Dorothy's ex-husband, the "yutz" whose own mother (Alice Ghostley in a role that was a far cry from either "Bewitched's" Esmerelda or "Designing Women's" Bernice) couldn't stand him. The lovable Brent Collins ("Another World's" Wallingford, the very first contract little person on soaps) had a great time as Betty White's love interest, enjoying the heck out of making Rue uncomfortable. "Shrimp?", she offers him before rushing out of the room, realizing her Faux Pos. Of course, Bea has to tell him that they're having short ribs for dinner. Peter Hansen, so noble as Lee Baldwin on "General Hospital", was an absolute snake in the grass as another beau who made the hair on Betty White's arm stand up. And when Lloyd Bochner gives all the women a Sophia Petrillo hairdo, you know that he's got a good way of making his chair go up and down. Bochner also had a memorable episode, popping Rue's fake bosoms in a spoof of "Picnic" where Bea is in drag as a country sheriff.Then, there's the many classic movie, Broadway and T.V. vets, whether it be Geraldine Fitzgerald (again in 2 different roles), Don Ameche (as a monk who turns out to be Rose's father), Nancy Walker (as Sophia's acerbic sister), Polly Holiday (as Rose's blind sister), Inga Swenson (as Rose's selfish sister), Sheree North (as Blanche's troubled sister), Monte Markham (as Blanche's gay brother), and among the many men who come in and out of their lives, Harold Gould (recurring as Rose's long-time boyfriend), Peter Graves, Dick Van Dyke, Alan King, and in the final episode marrying Dorothy, Leslie Nielsen. The show wasn't always consistent in details, giving pasts to each of them that were later changed in other episodes, and often, Blanche's man- hungry ways and Rose's naiveté weren't realistic. But you can't help love each of these characters for their eccentricities, and everybody who watches this show has a reason for choosing a particular favorite. My particular favorite is Bea Arthur's Dorothy; She has a way of making me laugh at her often pompous ways which hide her insecurities, and the way she retorts to the others is outrageously funny. "Shady Pines, ma!" "Silly Puddy, Rose!" "I'm going to spray paint it on my hump!", to mention just a few. The show was also often touching, dealing with issues such as sexual harassment, the threat of AIDS thanks to a blood transfusion, and senility. This was certainly one of the top 10 biggest new sitcoms of the 1980's, the others being "Cheers", "Murphy Brown", "Designing Women", "Cosby" and "Roseanne", to name a few. Some of the episodes here seem to have been copied by "Designing Women" which focused on younger women who may not have lived together, and while a better written show, "DW" isn't as consistently funny as "GG". The reunion of Arthur & MacLanahan after "Maude" and MacLanahan and White after "Mama's Family" is another piece of glue that holds it together, and with few exceptions, no sitcom has come since this show ended that has had the same impact.

annamlang The show is based on four elderly women living together in Miami, FL.Within the shows seven season run many of societies day to day issues were highlighted, teen pregnancy, senior health care, gay marriage, lesbianism, adultery, age and race discrimination, divorce and many others. The women who starred in this show are of the highest caliber. Rose (Betty White) plays a simpleton from St Olaf, Minnesota. Dorothy (Bea Arthur) is from Brooklyn and her mother Sophia (Estelle Getty) was in an "old folks home" called Shady Pines. Blanche (Rue McClanahan) owns the home the girls live in and is very promiscuous. From performing in a play to being shipwrecked on an island these girls go through it all and come out stronger. These episodes still hold the test of time…even today. Worth a watch...and many more.

Galina I am not going to be original and just say that The Golden Girls (1985- 1992) is pure gold of the sitcom. This is the show about four women, three in their late 50s, and one - octogenarian but not many shows would compare with the brilliance, fun, laughs, good jokes, catchy one- liners, great pacing, sparks, the perfect casting, the unique chemistry between the Girls - the rare fun that every one of 180 (yes, every one) episodes of the show is. The show about the women who may have passed the primes of their lives but still are funny, sexy, full of life, beautiful, vibrant, and value the gift of friendship, is a winner. The casting of four highly talented actresses as four friends sharing a house in Miami, Florida back in the 1980s proved to be the real gold. Sharp and no-nonsense Dorothy (Beatrice Arthur, RIP), naive beyond belief raised on the Minnesota farm Rose (Betty White, the last surviving Golden Girl), Southern belle Blanche, fun loving and much more fun having namesake of another less fortunate Blanche(Rue McClanahan, RIP), and Dorothy's Sicilian mother Sophia (Estelle Getty, RIP), the coolest, sharpest, funniest 80+ mom TV ever known, are all equally fabulous and bring to every scene of every episode wit, class, humor, and talent. What fascinates and touches me - from 124 reviews on this site, 57 were written by the males of all ages and almost all of them have the words "great", "one of the best" "perfect" etc in the titles. I think The Golden Show is equally interesting and appeals to both men and women, to the young ones and well... the golden ones :) because it is - simply one of its kind and it mixes funny and touching, serious and hilarious, satiric and sentimental in perfect measure and balance. I have problems choosing my favorite girl. I wish all of them were my personal friends and I want to thank THEM for being the best TV friends.