RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

rsg-25524 The acting of Alfred Molina is worth the time. Yes, I agree with some that the plot has some unlikely twists and down ends, but overall I enjoyed the series. Lindsey Duncan and Angela Bassett are noteworthy. Perhaps from a British viewpoint the series didn't dig deep enough, but frankly I found the characters with their obvious guilt and pain over the war very human. I see so many murder mystery series that this was refreshing looking at this time period. So I don't know if they will ever do another season, but I wish they would.

loakman-3 I have just watched the final episode in the vague hope that the story would make up for the terrible script & just about the most wooden male lead I have ever seen! Unfortunately it did not! If this is the best the BBC can currently produce given their excellent track record as far as drama is concerned, then I think its time they took a break.I have written a handful of reviews on IMDb over the years & write this one as a warning to others, avoid this utter trash!Oh and just one other mention in addition to Jim Sturgess (wooden lead, strange accent) if there was an Oscar for most annoying, badly played character, it would have to go to Freddie (what the hell were you thinking) Highmore, I suggest he goes back to Bates Motel where he belongs.

david hollyfield This will be my first review on IMDb. I'm compelled to write after reading some of the negative reviews of this series.The vitriolic, spiteful comments made by some reviewers leads me to believe that this series must have gone straight over their heads.Stylistically, script, plot, Mise en scene, characterization, acting, direction were all superb. I found myself totally immersed from the first episode.The period setting and costumes created a totally believable world for me.This is my first exposure to the work of Poliakoff, and I will make a point of looking out for his work in future.I honestly don't understand the degree of loathing he seems to have inspired in some viewers. Maybe they need their drama to be a little more pedestrian, a little more 'action packed'? A little more formulaic? One of their main criticisms was a lack of 'reality'. Are they forgetting that this is fiction and not a documentary?I personally found the degree of dramatic tension and suspense was almost unbearable at times. I can't see what anyone found lacking.The series also raised some interesting moral dilemmas.This is the sort of viewing that I pause often, to draw it out because I don't want it to end.I think the haters must have missed the subtlety of this series.Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth.

asennett-78545 I expect this will annoy some people and if so all well and good. Reading the negative reviews of Poliakoff's recent BBC drama I was apt to think that the reviewers were likely to be from a particular demographic: white, middle aged and ( this is a long shot) Brexit voters. It seems to me that they have completely misunderstood the whole point of this brilliant drama. It is indeed stylistically quirky, stilted in its language and takes a long time to get to its real points. However, it is a wonderful journey and well worth the seven hours it takes to get there. Far from being poorly acted, as several people state, it is quite brilliantly acted and huge talents like Lindsay Duncan and Alfred Molina are far from wasted. Moreover there are new talents being revealed here. I think that the reason several reviewers hate it so much is that it is a cultured and deliberately nuanced piece of drama that demands the audience pay attention and read between the lines. For it is not really about the 1940s at all! It is about now. It is about the racism and bigotry of the time in which we live. The intolerance of difference and tendency to avoid thinking in our society. The moral dilemmas of the central characters are not simply those of the 1940s where murderers got away with things because the British, Americans and Russians wanted to use their knowledge to create weapons of mass destruction. Those weapons are not only still with us but pose a threat that may be even greater than in the Cold War era. It is about power in age age when bigotry, racism and fear are ever present. The efforts of some to create a Europe and international community of cooperation are placed in jeopardy by the ignorance of those who don't want to think, don't wish to explore the past for what it can teach us and who simply want the crap of the vast majority of media output we are presented with on TV, film and the Internet. If you can't see that you have totally misunderstood the point of Poliakoff's work.