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Article: `TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH' DEMANDS PATIENCE, FOR STORY IF NOT JOURNEY.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- October 22, 2006
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Byline: David Kronke Television Critic
`To the Ends of the Earth,'' a ``Masterpiece Theatre'' production based on three William Golding novels, has it all. It is, variously, a boy's yarn, a costume drama, a comedy of manners, a romantic melodrama, a black comedy and even a disaster flick.
Naturally, uniting all these disparate elements is a tricky game, and this miniseries falters at times in maintaining tonal consistency. At times, it proceeds glacially; at others, briskly if goofily. And yet at other points, it offers compelling drama.
Sometimes, you'll roll your eyes; others, you'll be hooked.
Long, strange trip
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