Customer Reviews

Secrets of Body Language

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I've read several books on body language, and didn't learn much. Now I know why. The books were missing the critical dynamic components and visualization. This DVD presents the basic framework from which one can then learn much more. I'm often critical of books, and believe this DVD did an outstanding introduction.

I have read many books on Body Language but i didn't help me a lot. Those are really goods such as "Secrets of Body Language" by Allan Pease. The reason is i didn't know practical applicability of those signs.


This DVD is a great one, they have taken Professionals to give review and all you have is a first hand information. The examples they use are famous personalities and made this show very interesting. The DVD goes on without boring.

The only downside is they cover only a niche segment, mostly Political leaders, Criminals. It would be more interesting if they would have taken business deal environment and Courtship signals, that would be more practically helpful for general public to decipher the hidden meaning and avoid day to day havocs.

I picked this up for the classroom on reccomendation and can truely say it was an excellent choice. The current examples of today's pop culture icons and their body language kept the students riveted and I heard animated discussion. The narration had concise information and the interviews were interesting. This is an excellent addition to any library on Body Language. History Channel provides excellent videos...this is definately one of them.

I have an avid interest in body language, especially as it relates to public speaking. Because of this I have read several books on the subject. I had high hopes that I would be able to recommend this video to those that I coach. I thought that the the visual nature of a video would help them to grasp the importance of body language faster than a book could. I had also hoped that the material would be presented in a professional manner. Well, this DVD was O-K, but not what all that it could have been.

My first disappointment was with the "experts" chosen to dissect well know videos of political figures and other celebrities in order to illustrate certain body language principles. I believe that almost all of them were "body language consultants". People that make their living teaching a particular subject to individuals and corporations are not the most objective sources of information. I had hoped for a different sort of professional, someone more detached and academic. When the consultants viewed videos of past presidents and other important leaders caught in a presumed lie some of them almost giggled, so pleased that they could point out obvious "tells".

The video clips were entertaining but most of them seemed tired. Yes, Nixon lied, Bill Clinton lied, show us something that we don't know. The program started to become more interesting when they went car shopping. Hidden cameras followed "consumers" looking to buy a car from two different dealers and examined the salesmen's body language. There were a couple of other practical, everyday illustrations of reading the type of body language that we encounter in our lives, but not as many as I had expected. A highlight was the section on voice analysis. Credentialed professionals explained the theories and principles behind their discipline.

For a television special this video was fine, but I suggest that you don't expect too much from it and rent it instead of purchasing it. I doubt that I will be using my purchased copy very often.

This documentary covered more than I expected and used real footage for everything. Looking around I note that the other reviewers fault it for not covering enough topics and for using clips of famous people and people who were on TV news -- but I think it covered plenty in an hour in a half for anybody new to the subject, and I thought it was great that it used TV footage of famous people and people like Susan Smith that were in the news, because they needed to use footage that showed actual real-world body language and facial expressions, rather than using actors, and TV news is an obvious place to go for such video. They got footage of lots of people in a variety of high-stakes situations, doing what people do in such situations, which is sometimes to try to fake expressions and body language and sometimes to be genuine. Since I am a beginner with this subject this was perfect and I give it 5 stars.

I teach a number of psychology classes, and I use this film in two of them. A lively, current introduction to reading body language and voice cues. Uses recent politicans and movie stars as subjects.

Very informative on the study of body language and non-verbal communication. This video really opens your eyes and empowers you. Learn how to know when someone's body language seem to contradict their words.

Whether you are in law enforcement, politics or theatre, this DVD is fascinating. It is clear, authoritative and very well explained. For anyone who studies (or should study!) the art of non-verbal communication, this DVD is a gem.

This video was very good but only explained about politicians not ordinary people. Worth the money.

It's produced by the History Channel...professionally presented. I use this video as part of my training platform. All my students have had positive comments on this video.