Nonureva Really Surprised!

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

tlwhitecdn Like just about every British program I watch this was outstanding. Love the characters and the scripts. Sad it's not more than 6 series.

jakelonergan I kept watching, thinking that at some point the producers might chuck the least interesting part of the series, the "soap opera" aspect. Because, wow, talk about two people with absolutely NO chemistry and no exposition to let us think they might form any level of interest.And poor Banksy. His two states were glaring at the suspect, looking like a brain aneurysm was about to burst, and weeping. Some related medical condition has to throw the guy into either early retirement or, perhaps, death.Without revealing a spoiler, the series finale actually could have given me hope that the show could be saved. There would have been about a 50% story improvement just be moving Morton into the second position and retaining the other characters. But then I realized that I was so tired of Mr. Weepy that there could be only one other solution...In the same way that Inspector Morse spun off the superior Inspector Lewis, some brilliant producer should spin off DCI Morton. All her boring personal crap is behind her. I'd love for Jack Dean to return as DC Ken Blackstone on her team and maybe they could get Lorraine Burroughs to reprise DC Winsome Jackman. These were two of the best secondary characters in the series. Perhaps Helen could even take over Alan's position in Leeds when he is forced to retire due to uncontrollable fits of weeping. It could work.

Bene Cumb The Brits have always known how to create a realistic depiction of daily activities of a police district, without constant shootings and chases, with officers rather "ordinary and boring" than driving luxury cars and wearing fashion clothing... Although there are dozens of frosts-morses-lewises out there, there is always room for more - and DCI Banks is another good result, pleasant to follow also then when the course of criminal activities or solution is not totally to your liking. Alan Banks is certainly the very leading character, but he is not a lonely wolf, but a team players (with some reservations), depending on his colleagues' judgments and opinions - thus different from Frost or the Swedish Wallander, for example. I have not read any of Peter Robinson's novels, but I find Stephen Tompkinson a talented performer here - particularly bearing in mind that he has had more comedy roles to play... The female detectives, however, tend to remain somewhat sketchy, despite having different looks, approaches and background.Anyway, a good series recommended to all fond of similar creations, without too much oppressiveness and violence. You might want to watch the episodes in sequence and without episode splitting, otherwise some nuances and events related to the characters' private life may remain misty.

ifyasaiso I've started watching this from the second season onwards. The main characters seem to care too much and their expressions are what you expect from actors, not from real detectives. I have just viewed the first season, where it is obvious the characters still need to grow in their role.However, the actors get better in their role as the seasons progress. I feel that the story is worth watching the series regardless of the acting.I like how the characters seem to become less flat while the series progress. I am not sure how I feel about the relationship developments between the characters. I'm sure it's complicated... If you want to watch 'real' detectives, go and see Rizzoli and Isles. If you like detective stories, you are good to go with DCI Banks.