Whole chunks of this story were taken right out of Gone with the Wind! It's pre Civil War. Their marriage starts off badly. She gets pregnant through his act of rape. She has a child. This child is a boy, though. I guess that's a big difference? The child likes to ride. He jumps the hedge on his horse. WOW! Dad takes up with a lady of ill repute. The child is all that holds them together. Child dies. Got it? It has more about the slaves, though not much. And the most upsetting scene to me, was the two children born on the same night, being treated so VERY differently! Their 3 year old is pampered and Mom wants him carried upstairs after the fireworks because "he's tired." Then she turns to "little Inch," also celebrating HIS 3rd birthday, and tells HIM to carry all the gifts upstairs! GRRR. I'm sure things like that happened, but it REALLY made me angry! The acting of the slave characters was absolutely awful! This movie was not worthy of the talents of the leading actors. So sad.
Review of The Foxes of Harrow
