mollidew I think people don't realize this miniseries is an adaptation of a book by the same name which I have and it follows the book pretty well. I finally found the miniseries in YouTube where I can watch it in full even though it is broken up into small segments. Like others, I too searched for it. I think accents are insignificant. Many actors are not that adept with accents and that is the only criticism I have of Lace.This was an outstanding miniseries more geared for females actually. The only other miniseries I have seen with such depth is Queenie. The main actresses were all quite good but the one I liked the least was Bess Armstrong who I thought was miscast. This is a story of young girls running the span of their lives from about 1960 to 1980 that were connected to high society. Much of the story is done in flashbacks going from each one of the women and the child that ties them together.They are caught up in the idea of love and their many encounters with romance as young women in a boarding school in the Swiss Alps. They each have misadventures with men that they meet during that time. One of them gets pregnant and they stand together so that no one knows which one until the time comes when it is noticeable. The pregnant girl has her baby via a doctor that they were seeing together that was not the one that diagnosed the pregnancy. The baby is born but the child is placed with a couple and is watched over and support is sent by someone connected to the girls. The child is named Elizabeth Lace and her mother is put down as Lucinda Lace. The three make a pact between them that when any of them can afford to take the child they will. It is put off for a few years when they finally get word that the child has died which is not the case. This news breaks up their friendship since they all feel responsible for her death. The child, Elizabeth, is put into a prison camp and spends many years going through horrendous experiences. She ends up a famous femme fatale of the screen. Her movies are risqué to say the least but she makes a lot of money. She has enough money and fame that she can now as a young adult, seriously search out and find her mother. Therefore she hires a private detective to help her find her mother. She brings them all back together against their better judgment and says the line that stands out to most who watched the series, "Which one of you bitches is my mother?" This is a serious but light-hearted at times story of three women over the course of most of their young lives and how they are tied together by their experiences and the child one had out of wedlock.

axess95 My wife has been been talking for the last 10 years about this TV-show and finally we got a chance to see it. To my surprise it turned out far less a chick-flick then I assumed (Thornbirds was a memory-lane disaster for the both of us). The story has nice twists, is nicely built and could stand any comparison to modern dramas. Sure, 1984 filming standards and some (few) bad acting parts make you want to laugh out loud but otherwise the show is most entertaining and easily watchable even on 21k-standards. On the other hand, the innocence in the way the show was filmed make it more attractive. A modern version would most likely destroy some of that particular touch. Lace is not built on intelligent dialogs however tells a story of failed promises and friendships in a way that makes you want to watch until the end.

wtca-wright This mini-series was great,I hope that one day I will be able to buy it on video or on d.v.d. All the acting was fantastic. If you have read the book you will still enjoy this, and then go on to read and watch lace2 the sequel. Phoebe Cates (wife of Kevin Kline) was a perfect choice to play Lili as she is both beautiful and very very talented. You will be wondering who is Lili's mother and when you find out you will then be wanting to find out who is Lili's father is. The other actresses in the show portraying the potential mothers of Lili played their parts fantastically. Go ahead hire this one and enjoy.

morrowmmm I believe the book did well and the premise of the story sounds as if it could have been exciting. However this piece of trash was written by amateurs, directed by someone who probably found it hard to color by numbers and Phoebe Cates was disastrous. More than anything it used ten scenes where one would have done and was completely in love with a budget which, obviously, was far more than needed in the hands of competent producers. Quite dismal.