Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

christine-walton8 This was a remarkable programme showing how dedicated the "professionals" actually are. Those people who have made negative comments are spiteful and jealous of the happiness of those who benefited from the surgeries and therapies. One can only assume they are jealous of those who were brave enough to show their "all" on international television; not to mention the surgeons and practitioners who put their professional names in the spotlight not knowing whether it would be for good or bad, however, in my opinion, they were all fantastic. The girls were transformed into self-confident, beautiful women. Well done to all those involved in the Swan programmes - they were truly remarkable and encouraging to those who believe they have imperfections and disabilities.It was extremely sad that there were only two seasons as so many more women could have been involved in a life-changing transformation that they would not otherwise have been able to afford.I long for a programme of a review of all the girls to show how the changes have affected their lives.

shazmax1 OK so it is being screened in NZ in 2007 - 3 years later but it is still a superficial programme which focuses on beauty - not the inner person. Just another meaning less waste of time. Why do they bother to screen an American programe which has no relevance here in NZ and would not appeal to most of us. Mind you if you were shallow and focused on looks only it might be of interest. I would rather whoever purchases programes to watch in NZ might choose a programe where the majority of viewers were interested. Another option is that the money spent on this programe might be spent on people who were more deserving and in need of assistance.

Terminal Madness If reality television wasn't sign enough that pop culture and culture within itself was dying out "The Swan" is further verification of that worry.FOX decreases its credibility further by reaching new lows in a show that feeds off of women's insecurities for the sake of entertainment. Truly, a low point in all of television history.Take a bunch of self-conscious women, give them loads of surgery and pit them together in a beauty contest. Low? Well, they'd have to reach up to touch the bottom.Reality TV exposes the worst that humanity has to offer and "The Swan" is proof of such. FOX feeds off of women's self consciousness and insecurities like vultures and exploits them for entertainmnet.The trailers alone will make you feel dirty and soulless but watch the show and you'll feel worse. Rather than providing counseling, therapy, inserting positive views to these women and getting them to appreciate their own image, they feed off of them and further lower their standards.The premise for this show is gruesome and morbid, and the women's reactions to their makeovers are also chilling, and you wonder, how will they feel four months from now when the lights are off them?

Joshua Bozeman I have to agree with what the other person who commented. This is just disgusting. It's clear to anyone who watches these women for five minutes that they all are dealing with some serious underlying mental issues that no surgery will fix. These problems cannot be fixed with a new nose or a chin implant.Self esteem cannot be attained in this manner either. True self esteem rises above all of this meaningless nonsense. A new nose will not truly make you confident...that comes from an attitude that has nothing to do with how you look on the outside. If it did, all beautiful people would be confident- but, they're not. Everyone with a big nose and bags under their eyes would have no confidence, but that's not the case either. This is just the lowest of what TV has to offer, and it's no shock that it's being brought to us by Fox, who keeps going lower and lower, scraping the bottom of the garbage can for ideas for ridiculous, shameless programs like this.Not only do the women competing in this show need mental help...but, the creators and execs at fox need it just as bad.