To Be the Best

To Be the Best
by Tony Wharmby

To Be the Best
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Actor: Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Cazenove, Lindsay Wagner, Stephanie Beacham, Stuart Wilson
Director: Tony Wharmby
Brand: WAGNER,LINDSAY
Cinematographer: Alan Doberman
Editor: John Shirley
Producer: Aida Young
Producer: Robert Bradford
Writer: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Writer: Elliott Baker
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 187 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media

DVD Reviews of To Be the Best

DVD Review: A poor follow-on to a Woman of Substance
Summary: 2 Stars

Being a great fan of the Woman of Substance, I was sorely disappointed in this 3rd entry in a trilogy about the Emma Harte legacy written by Barbara Taylor Bradford.

This is soap opera trash at its worst. The plot devices are weak and quite distasteful: drugs, a prostitute turned shy wife, an over-the-top vindictive cousin/villain. The fight seens are choreographed so badly that I had to laugh. Lindsay Wagner is neither British nor convincing as the Harte CEO, Paula O'Neill, granddaughter of Emma Harte. David Robb as the disappointed husband Shane O'Neill comes across whiney and helpless - a far cry from the supportive, driven and romantic character played by Stephen Collins in Hold the Dream. I cannot figure out why Stephanie Beacham would consent to play such an awful 1-dimensional character as Arabella - the french whore who marries the vindictive cousin at the request of his "loyal" Chinese side-kick. There are a few good moments of activing from Anthony Hopkins as chief of Harte's security. But the plot just doesn't make sense - the robbery at the beginning of the movie is never solved or explained; and why would Paula risk losing the stores by selling her stock knowing that her cousin is out to ruin her?

A Woman of Substance was a magnificent book and its mini-series is very well done. This third entry in the Harte trilogy is rubbish. Don't waste your time.

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Description of To Be the Best

Stories of love, power and determination surrounding the lives of a family of women who rise from poverty to positions of power.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 9-APR-2002
Media Type: DVD
For those who have relished the first two installments of Barbara Taylor Bradford's beloved Emma Harte trilogy, To Be the Best offers a satisfying close to the story. Viewers should begin with A Woman of Substance, in which Emma, determined to ruin the upper-class family who wronged her, achieves her dream of becoming one of the richest women in the world. Next is Hold the Dream, in which Emma's granddaughter Paula inherits her retail empire and struggles to find balance between her high-powered business dealings and her longing for romance. Finally, in the close of the trilogy, To Be the Best, Paula (Lindsay Wagner) comes into her own as a woman, mother, wife, and businesswoman.

While not as captivating as the first parts of the trilogy, To Be the Best has its strengths, including a standout performance from Academy AwardŽ winner Anthony Hopkins, who plays Paula's chief of security. Thanks to Hopkins's performance, what might otherwise have seemed like a long-lost episode of Dynasty is also part espionage thriller. As Paula gets inveigled into a series of compromising business situations in Hong Kong, it is her dapper and debonair chief of security who repeatedly saves the day. --Tara Chace

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