Wonderful from start to finish. It's an amazing story that definitely deserves (and should) be told and Octavia Spencer is phenomenal as always. The only thing I didn't love were some of the modern music choices but everything else is superb.

4 Part Miniseries . Excellent story, themes, music, costumes. important gender and race history explored.. Will watch again.

I liked it. I enjoy every episode. The story of Madam CJ Walker is interesting and amazing. A great story for today.

Acting is good, but there is no plot. The characters all suck, the story is boring and repetitive. Sure it shows the struggle of black people in the early 1900s, but nothing of interest really happens.

A fascinating look into the life of Madam C. J. Walker, who is played exquisitely by Octavia Spencer. It may only last four rather short episodes, but Spencer is simply brilliant in the role. Tiffany Haddish (Lelia) and Blair Underwood (Charles) give very fine performances, too. It's paced well, edited nicely and impressively acted. There are a few issues, for one parts of the set design, most notably across the first two episodes, don't quite look right to me for the era it's portraying. That's nothing major, though the apparent fictionalisation of some stories is a shame; especially regarding Addie Munroe (Carmen Ejogo). In that regard, I can understand the negative feelings A'Lelia Bundles (who wrote the biography that this is based on) has. However, I can't deny it does work for television. Most film and TV about real life people change facts, unfortunately. With all that noted, it's still worth watching!