Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

oracledelphi From some of the one star reviews on this site it appears that Catherine Tate's comedy perhaps comes a bit too close to the knuckle for some. I suspect most of the bad reviews have been written by folks that see themselves in her characters.Anchored on catchphrases (as is much of British comedy), this show gets a bit samey after a while, but the sheer brilliance of the characters, even the auxiliary ones, is mesmerizing. It is also simply dead clever much of the time.I believe the average rating of 7 is about right for this one. I gave it a nine to counterbalance those who seem to have it in for the actress.

bootlebarth British expatriates in the big brown land of Australia look forward to comedy TV from Dear Old Blighty. Often we're richly rewarded. Think of Blackadder, Father Ted, The League of Gentlemen and others. But sometimes we're horribly disappointed.If a Roll of Dishonour was compiled for alleged comedy, Catherine Tate would be a prime contender for the unfunniest performer in the most lazily written and repetitive series of all time.I used to think Benny Hill and Paul Hogan were about as bad as it gets, then My Family turned up and finally The CT Show came along. This dire series is founded on the entirely false premise that moronic catchphrases and characters mature with repetition, becoming funnier each time. The exact reverse is true.See one Catherine Tate episode - and even that's one too many for any discerning viewer - and you've seen them all. Invention and surprise should form the backbone of comedy. This series has neither. It's embarrassingly bad. The 'star' constantly seems to be reminding anyone unfortunate or foolish enough to be watching how clever she is at wearing different wigs and putting on different accents. This is pseudo-comedy for idiots who have conditioned themselves to give forth programmed laughter at the sight of a ginger wig or the sound of a limp catchphrase. The CT Show is fit only for masochistic couch potatoes who want something to make them feel very annoyed. It frightens me to think there are a lot of people who like such dreadful rubbish.

pulpapple For anyone thinking of watching the Catherine Tate show who hasn't already my advice to you would to not watch it, go for a walk instead, in fact you could spend your time better doing pretty much anything, listening to half an hour of MIka's album would even be a better use of your time.The point is, the Catherine Tate show is a complete and utter waste of time. It is, simply put, rubbish. The show is made up of all sort of really unfunny characters who say the same stupid things over and over and over again. Until you just want to get a shot gun and either shoot the t.v ,yourself, or better yet shoot miss Tate.It's amazing to think that the show was ever commisoned in the first place, as a couple of five year olds stuck in a room with a box of crayons could write a more sophisticated and amusing piece of television.I pity people who actually like this garbage, let alone waste hours of their lives soaking it up. Who ever thinks that Catherine Tate is funny needs a head butt. If I ever laughed at one of her "jokes" I would seriously re-evaluate my life, in fact I would probably cease to see the point in living anymore and crawl away into a dark corner and kill myself.To sum up, the Catherine Tate show is quite possibly the worst comedy I have ever had the miss fortune of flicking past. I've seen documentaries about people dying that were funnier than this complete and utter shambles. Rubbish.

tatterwip The Catherine Tate show is made up of numerous sketches that, usually, revolve around the same selection of characters. Some - I have to admit - are a laugh, but the problem is they go on for too long! Especially the "Am I bovvvered!" girl. This character and the "Swearing Granny" sketches go on for so long that they begin to grate on the brain. I know, I know! I live in the 21st century and I can turn the TV over. But currently on the Beeb, they are repeating the show in between Still Game (Brilliant) and a new series by Steve Coogan, Saxondale (Also brilliant) Catherine Tate CAN act, and can do comic characters, but characters that would much more suit a film that a TV show.Once the predictable parts of the sketches get into your mind (after one watch) the show gets really old, really fast.