ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

dazedandconfused_uk Thankfully, I don't live in a country where incredible TV is pulled due to religious pressure, and as a result was able to see all the episodes that were filmed. This was an incredible show, regardless of the religious connotations, and had any of the fundamentalists who pressured the network to cancel it, bothered to watch any episodes they would have been greeted by a warm, funny, touching and ultimately uplifting drama. The casting was brilliant, the performances all spot on, but the best thing about The Book of Daniel was the incredible writing. Dialogue that rivals anything that Aaron Sorkin has to offer, an incredible knowledge of the church and a great sense of humour combined to near perfection for eight episodes. The Book of Daniel will be sorely missed by everyone who was lucky enough to catch it.

msophiac Having read some of the reviews on this show, it is astonishing to see this mini-series characterized as an "anti-religious" show, and those who enjoy religion bashing will like it OK...etc, but it is sure to cause deep resentment among those who are "religious types". Yes, resentment was apparently enough to cancel the show, but this scrip addresses very real questions we all have to deal with in a post-modern world where almost every family is touched by alcohol or drug addiction, a gay relative, and facing end of life and death issues. Frankly, I think the show is profoundly religious, with a honestly real "slice of life" look at the modern churches today who happen to be liberal. They really do pray, they really do think, they really do try and make meaning of the modern world's many dilemmas with compassion, honesty, and courage. Should the minister have shut his gay son out of his house? Is that a better alternative to accepting him as he is and loving and supporting him in his own choices? Unfortunately (and this is a spoiler), the all too real gang beating and heart-wrenching pain of letting go of their gay son was a bit too real, in my opinion, but some of the best TV drama I have seen in a while. And it was a very honest Jesus. The radical one I read about in the Bible, who always stood on the cutting edge and was victim of righteous persecution his whole life. The kind of Jesus Daniel (played by Aiden Quinn in a one of his best performances) had a personal relationship with, despite the fact that he struggled with his own doubts in the face of life's hardest questions. The kind of Jesus who, in my opinion,would not display any righteous anger at this show's content, because the theme is not sex, drugs, and death (we see enough of that every day) but the hard questions they pose when they touch today's Christian lives.

camcaine it is a shame for the network to cancel this show. i have not laughed or cried from a TV show as much as i did on the few episodes. i would really like for some other such as showtime or HBO to pick this up, i am an anti-religious person most of the time, but the message this show extends is beyond any reservations i might of had. the issues it tackles and with such tact and wit, the writers must be admired. when this show does come out some other way, or through DVD, i highly suggest this to all who can see it. the characters and their interactions is so deep and knowledgeable of the other that you can believe they are a family. i could see so many people moved by this incredible showing.

DWhitney89 I really enjoyed this show. It was a good, funny show. Although it was only on for like 3 episodes, it was great. Imagine my disappointment when it was cancelled because of "controversal reasons". I can understand why Christain people wouldn't want this show on the air-it does make their religion look bad. But the one question that I have it "Did anyone make them watch it?" If they don't want to watch it, there is an off button on the TV. No one made religious people watch it. I know there were a lot of churches that said it was "their duty to stop this show from airing..." What a joke! This show should not have been cancelled,at least not for such a dumb reason.