When this came out I had just graduated high school and it was already a little politically incorrect. Now, in 2020, it would never be made unless it was some type of porn video.
When I was a preteen I watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) on TV and really liked it. So, I liked this version of the story. Later on I found it was based on the story set soon after Rome's founding of the Kidnapping/Abduction of the Sabine Women.
I think it is well done and I enjoyed it, after they arrive at the ranch, the father is surprised to find his sons kidnapped the women and has to "think on it". They aren't sent back immediately, but are courted by the men, the women eventually decide being married and living on the farm just might be better than being a dance hall girl. I did enjoy the characterizations showing very different women and very different men and wondering where the attractions would occur. There is much more to it than this, but I don't want to give away too much.
If the viewer focuses on the usually misleading idea that abducted women will come to like their abductors, then you will hate this show. It does happen in real life, but it is rare and not politically correct. Certainly never as benign as represented in this show.
When I was a preteen I watched Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) on TV and really liked it. So, I liked this version of the story. Later on I found it was based on the story set soon after Rome's founding of the Kidnapping/Abduction of the Sabine Women.
I think it is well done and I enjoyed it, after they arrive at the ranch, the father is surprised to find his sons kidnapped the women and has to "think on it". They aren't sent back immediately, but are courted by the men, the women eventually decide being married and living on the farm just might be better than being a dance hall girl. I did enjoy the characterizations showing very different women and very different men and wondering where the attractions would occur. There is much more to it than this, but I don't want to give away too much.
If the viewer focuses on the usually misleading idea that abducted women will come to like their abductors, then you will hate this show. It does happen in real life, but it is rare and not politically correct. Certainly never as benign as represented in this show.