Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
Lollivan
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Usamah Harvey
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
1124-2
Stumbled on to this amazing comedy series in the middle of the night on the BBC-America channel. They have this odd practice of broadcasting several episodes in a row - and good shows often played in the middle of the night - and then the shows disappear from their schedule, so one can not ever see any that have been missed. Pity. I missed the opening episode in this series of only 6 shows. One of the funniest comedy series I have seen. Then, in browsing the credits, I discovered why - it was written David Renwick, who also wrote the series, "One Foot in the Grave," which I believe to be the funniest comedy series of the last 20 years.The comedy in this is very understated - hard to believe it came from the same pen of one who also wrote episodes for The Two Ronnies - and arises from the very nature of the characters themselves. Thankfully, there is no laugh track. Why do all the best comedies come from England? While England has produced a lot of trashy, unfunny comedies, among the comedy shows I have liked, the ratio of British to American is about 10:1. ALL the roles are extremely wheel acted. Lead character Michale Landes does a wonderful job of playing his part in a very deadpan way - he IS the character he plays.Possible spoiler here (although, how can one spoil comedy): One of the best comedic performances is by 75 year old Doreen Mantle, playing the mother of a long ago lover (recently deceased) of one of the main characters, coming to bring her the bequest of the videos the deceased boyfrined had made of all their sexual encounters.
siobhan-rouse
... why watch a TV drama (billed as a comedy) in which none of the characters are likable or even interesting people ? I can sort of see what the writer David Renwick was trying to achieve: the misdirections and bad-taste surprises that he put into "One foot in the grave", etc. I admit that the script made a bit more of an effort than most on British TV at the moment. But really ... who cares about these people ? They are cold bores.Another poster mentioned the scene in which the woman sits down to watch a video of herself and her deceased ex-boyfriend shagging. That was the moment when I switched OFF this programme, never to return.P.S. It's interesting to note that the posters who didn't like this series are all British, whereas those who praise it are mostly in other countries. This reflects the fact that when the BBC broadcast this series it was ignored by viewers and sank like a stone.P.P.S. Good news for those who liked it ! There will be a second series in Autumn 2007 - though without the male lead. It sounds like the BBC have decided to turn it into a more conventional 30 minute sitcom.
Schroedingers_Cat
... ways to get back the six hours of my life I frittered away on this televisual travesty. It *might* have been bearable if the acting had been less wooden and the ending more satisfying: the premise was promising but the execution was poor. At best there was perhaps one genuine chuckle per episode: sadly, what was billed as quirky comedy was in fact anything but. That said, I'm not a huge fan of Jonathan Creek or One Foot in the Grave, although I'd not realised until this evening that David Renwick was responsible for this series. If you want to see something funny with Tamsin Greig in, stick to Black Books and selected episodes of Green Wing.
Midgegirl
I had looked forward to this based on loving both One Foot In The Grave and Tamsin Greig in Black Books, and I wasn't disappointed. The two main characters are, in many ways, younger, softer versions of Victor Meldrew and they suffer all the petty indignities that modern life can throw at us such as, and this had me laughing from the opening minutes until a good five minutes into the first episode, plastic ring-pulls on milk cartons which don't work. Cut to the next shot of Alice with a bandaged finger and you have the style of the programme right there- don't show the moment of agony, just let the audience work it out. The main actors are great but what I really enjoyed was how good the incidental characters were; the nurse with her low-key words of wisdom on finding a mate and marrying them was beautifully understated, and the estate-agent's comment that the living-room "is...15'3" because there are no other distinguishing features is just so subtle and so perfect: just like the rest of the show.
