History of preventable war injuries/deaths and improving hospital environment/hygiene/sanitation, pharma abuses, and medical care by pioneering British Victorian "mother of modern nursing" Florence Nightingale overcoming biases and improving British hospitals, too, leading the way before new USA's Civil War hero Clara Barton improving wartime casualties with nursing.
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The DVD came as exactly as it was suppose to. no problems. The movie itself is a bit boring, and slow. All the characters except for the Nightingale family and Florence herself are fine, too bad the movie wasn't more about them. The family is boring, except her sister Parthe (Ann Thornton) who had potential, but who's part was small, as for Florence she is whiny, self righteous, and annoying beyond belief. Whoever wrote the Florence part should never write again. They could have expanded the rest of the cast for example Sidney Herbert (Peter McEnery) 2 scenes then gone. The rest of the cast is worth watching the movie for.
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The first half of the movie has pretty dresses but only had a bit of Miss Nightingale's medical decisions, The second half shows more with the dangers of poor hygiene in the barracks of another country. Don't expect heavy romance. I enjoyed this window into the medical history of the past where things were so bad that maids were probably life-savers.
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I loved this movie! Jaclyn Smith and Timothy Dalton is so great in this. I loved how they brought Florence Nightingale to life from what I have read it is true to her life .
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Jaclyn Smith, in my opinion, was perfect for the part. She was so convincing in her role as Florence Nightingale. The story held my interest every moment. There was not a dull moment in the whole story. It's a powerful story of a faith-filled woman, who changed the future of nursing.
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