The Midwich Cuckoos

The original film was 77 mins. This has been stretched out to five and a half hours. Keeps you interested even though you'll probably know the story. Kids are creepy and great, and who cares about the casting being reflected to show diversity, doesn't make it any less watchable. Far better than the Christopher Reeve version, stay with it and remember it's 2022 not 1957 when the book was written.

IF i was only to go on SOME of the reviews here i MIGHT have skipped this one, but the whole hating on the diversity even made me WANNA LOOK MORE so thanks for that, to all the raysist haters.. It is NOT as bad as i read on here, i guess some people just can't help themselves being negatives and all...

Watched it all, and the child actors in it are very good, and the diversity stands for how the world is now, so the makers did a very good job with that!!

Happy i tried it out,... it was a very nice series to watch them creepy kids are very good, not sure if there could be a second season, but the low scores are not telling for how this serie turned out to be!!

The acting is patchy in places and the pacing's a bit off. I find the sound effects deeply irritating, but otherwise not too bad as remakes go.

Yes, Midwich appears to be quite astonishingly racially diverse, but I don't see how that makes a difference to anyone's enjoyment of the story.

Finally, it's not based on the American film Village of the Damned. Both that and this are based on the Midwich Cuckoos novel by John Wyndham. Read a book.

The atmosphere, script, story and dialogue were all great. Genuinely creepy. The Midwich Child actors were all amazing at what they did indeed.

The series has moved away from the Novel somewhat. We don't have the pale white haired bright eyed kids here. The kids (maybe the program was trying to be woke?) are no where near as creepy and as uniformed or as one because they've moved them away from the novel. They look like average kids. The village atmosphere is lost too. More a community than a small village that's taken over by blackout.

It's okay for what it's worth but no where near as good as some of the original films that stick to the creepy vibe of the novel.

There seems to be a lot of negativity towards this program mainly because it has not remained faithful to the original book or The 1960s film.

The world has changed a lot since 1957 when the book was written. The internet, television, computers ect. Even abortion which would not have been easily available in the 50s. It's by no means perfect and seven episodes is at least one to many.

The cast are all excellent from the ever reliable Keely Hawes and Max Beasley but it's the children who really shine and make this series an enjoyable watch. Don't be put off by the doubters and judge for yourself.

7/10.