GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

tomlinsonbob Hard act to follow: the phrase could not be better used than in relation to Lewis and Morse. No problem. Kevin Whateley and Lawrence Fox work every bit as well as did Kevin with John Thaw. What makes these series outstanding? Partly the pace, very much so the intelligent camera work. Every shot is beautifully framed. My only grouse is the panic that seems to set in towards the climax of each episode. Turns into a runaway train, derailing the senses.

Absalom1991 I won't go on too long with my comments. Well, too long, perhaps, anyway. I already noted my big concerns about this series already. I'm going through the "Morse" and "Lewis" series in sequence, and here I am - mixing past and present tenses. I know it's all old news and that I'm writing this in an obscure corner of IMDb.Several of the reviewers here have it right. "Lewis" is weak compared to "Morse" in numerous ways. Times change, producers change, visions change.However, why do the changes of time, production and vision inevitably seem to move in the direction of laziness, cheap thrills, superficial glitter and decay of respect for characters as representatives of real humanity and human issues as they are actually lived?This episode was silly. The writing was cynically formulaic, although one wonders if the writer has the kidney to be consciously cynical. Apparently the intended audience became that impatient bunch who can't be bothered with anything requiring thought, but require the equivalent of an adolescent's screen saver (not that in 2015 any adolescent knows what that is). The images run, inexorably:Honeyed Stone of Oxford UnicornLovely Young FaceArrogant Old OxfordianPosh GatheringHoneyed Stone of OxfordHorrific MurderArrogant Old Oxfordian Lovely Young FaceA Chase/A Rush/A Threat/A CLIMAXHoneyed Stone of OxfordAll interspersed with shots of Old Increasingly Wise Lewis/Younger Tortured Hathaway."Inspector Lewis" is entropic television. It is an colorful, oily puddle made successful because of its positioning to reflect something better - and real.The worst of it is that the actors and their characters are wasted and caught in the drift. The regulars are marvelous performers.

kathebaud "Lewis" Has become one of my favourite British dramas. The first 6 series have been very enjoyable. The plot, characters, ambiance, musical score, have been excellent and enjoyable.However, I believe that series 7 and 8 are not going to be as enjoyable, with dissonance and tension between the main protagonists becoming more obvious and overshadowing other aspects of the program. If the writers/producers/actors/the tea lady etc. want to end the program, just end it. Not explanations needed. On a high note. Leave us baying for the encore that never comes. Elvis or Lewis, has left the building.Alienating viewers from characters that have been developed for viewers to like/dislike/form a rapport with etc only to see the disintegration of their relationship with each other sounds like very unappealing viewing. I won't be watch series 7 & 8 for this reason. Very unimaginative way to deal with 25% of a series.

Karl Ericsson I expected that Lewis would still be good but not that it would surpass Morse and this has happened and it's because the wonderful team of Lewis and Hathaway.The series only gets better. As Lewis once points out, the team of him and Hathaway together make out a damn fine detective. None of them is really the boss of the other even if officially Lewis is in charge.I would go as far as to suggest that there is always an element of moral dilemma in the episodes. Certainly the team show high moral standards towards the surroundings as well as towards each other.All in all, it's Hathaway that is the real surprise to the series and the casting of Lawrence Fox in the role is so good that it is hard to tell where Hathaway ends and Fox begins or the other way around. In fact, the character of Hathaway is so strong that it partly redefines Lewis who emerges as something considerably more than just Morse old assistant.Damn good show.