I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I love this movie so much

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I understand that Dinah was a minor character in the Bible, and so Anita Diamant wrote a book that cast her as the main character. My mom read the book and liked it. Well, the movie is too hokey. I don't know what the general aim was, but it comes across as one of those melodramatic biblical epics from the '50s or '60s. One of the men came across as a mangled version of Khal Drogo (and it turns out that some of the cast members of "The Red Tent" are best known from "Game of Thrones").Basically, movies like this are the reason why Monty Python made "Life of Brian". I do not recommend it. Had I been watching it alone, I would've spent the whole time making the sorts of comments that Mike, Servo and Crow make at crummy movies on "Mystery Science Theater 3000".

This is fiction loosely occurring in a historical setting but is not historical fiction (realistically filling in blank areas but not contradicting the historical account). While The Red Tent gives a reasonable depiction of ancient life in the Middle East, it does not follow the Scriptural text (the only account of Dinah's life) and often seems to try to rewrite the Scriptural account of Jacob's family, giving little if any value to Jacob trying to lead his family to follow and worship only Almighty God and forsaking foreign idols. While it is understandable that Jacob's "wives" (2 wives and two unrelated concubines) would find it difficult to forsake their cultural religious practices (something we must all work through), scripture seems to indicate that is what they did after they had left Laban's household and traveled with Jacob. At times, it seems the plot is trying to teach anti-God religious practices as women rebelling against men's teaching about (and invention of) an Almighty God.

If you are expecting a rehashing from the book of Old Jewish Fairy Tales this isn't it. This is a totally engrossing drama loosely based on the daughter of the biblical figure who was Jacobs daughter told from her perspective. I have to add it to my collection. I can't find it on DVD or Blue Ray so I'm breaking out my old VCR and waiting for it to come back on. This Movie was made for a more sophisticated taste. After watching the first night I was hooked and had to see part two. After reading the other reviews I'm a bit confused, did they think it was going to be a bible story ? I guess they hated most John Wayne movies too since they were mostly fiction too. I absolutely LOVED The Red Tent and I'm determined to own a copy.

Oh My God! Appropriate start for what will be a scathing critique. If I had not watched it I would not have believed how bad TV can get. This is why so many people regard the church ie Catholic etc religion with so much contempt. Not only is it a total Hollywood creation based on an interpretation of the scant "real" historical facts but it ascribes a sense of modern feminism that was absolutely not tolerated and totally absent in those years. Get a grip people. How anybody can give this a positive review is absolutely astonishing. The script is so lame that even the best direction which this show does not have could not make the actors give a better rendition. The acting - it has to be said is badly affected by this - is almost to a person awful. Some of the wives have moments when their sex appeal is almost enjoyable and if that is the only redeeming aspect then this show is in big trouble. Whoever made this garbage happen is a blithering imbecile TV producer who has absolutely no intention of making a quality product and like our friend Gruber regards the entire public as stupid. Is this the way we wish to celebrate Xmas? Not me for sure. It is high time that the censorship board goes beyond judging what is pathetic and crude but also what is base and downright awful. This show reminds me a lot of the garbage movies made about religion in the days back in the 30s to 60s. Lame- lame - lame!