Unashamedly campy. If you were about in the seventies, you'll get the reference. The people who feel compelled to review this series when only half way through one episode, should be ashamed. It's a confused show with a lot happening. When it concentrates on the flashbacks of the concentration camps it comes alive. We need the lightness to enable us to absorb and compute the atrocities. Yes it's real situations fictionalised for our delicate sensibilities. It's compressed into various times and places but we realise why the team is doing what they are doing. Forgotten? Surely not ,but to live with that frustration and helplessness of loss that only the later generations could equate to the favourite latte not being available or finding a favourite programme has been cancelled is reflected in some of these downright pathetic reviews. It tells me so much more about the views of those people than a fictional programme lightly depicting the fear, hate and treatment of the 6 million. I'm neither Jewish or fascist. Just a human . This series has taught me about loss and fear. I shan't complain about losing my job again, or hating Monday mornings.
Reviews
6 Reviews
Intelligence
(2020–2023)
Schwimmer is drowning in this .
22 February 2020
Nick Mohammed is very good as are the support. His writing is very good. Schwimmer shows his ability as a support not a lead. His comedy timing is second rate compared to the the rest of the ensemble.
In response to one reviewer who thought anyone who didn't rate this 10 was a boring , I'd write anyone who finds this laugh out loud and rates it 10, is a thick.
They should really shut up shop.
21 February 2020
Oh for the halcyon days when id sit glued to the tv absorbed by the way these stories would play. Beautifully crafted scripts, plot twists, super acting, great locations and final revelations in Midsomer Murders. I'm aggrieved to write it has, for me, no longer many of these attributes. Plots are thin, scripts seem confused, the final whodunnit staging is now very hamm," Am-Dram" and poorly staged. Neil Dudgeon even seems bored. He's never seemed comfortable with the responsibility left to him by John Nettles and the producers. He's never been a lead actor . Sidekick certainly. All his grimmacing and hang dog expressions have never sat well as a lead detective. I now watch Vera or Endeavour for tightly crafted scripts , great plots, characterisation and beautiful locations. . MM is now in the background as a comfortable noise. It's time for a final curtain call. Can't live for the past forever.
Cherish the Day
(2020– )
Cloying and creepy do not go far enough
19 February 2020
Utter rubbish this story is. It's just an excuse for a strong soundtrack running under a dreadfully smug and predictable story. It has no purpose and no meaning. Another nail in the OWN coffin. It's a vanity project and just seems to be indifferent to reality. Move it on and give it some flesh on the bones. Not just the music which earns the 3 rating.
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
(2020–2021)
I liked this better than I wanted to...
18 February 2020
It's a little cloying in parts. As ever. The support team are very good and handle the dance numbers very well. It's a hybrid of other fantasy style ideas seen loads of times. Pennies from Heaven, What women want , Eli Stone etc. I can't warm to Jane Levy. I've tried but the croaky , vocal fry voice just grates on me which is a shame. Other people can overlook it. She plays this reasonably chirpy character quite well and does a decent job. The script is too sentimental for me and the comfortable situation she's in. Newly promoted, love interest, popular. Doesn't rub along with something to identify.Peter Gallagher pulls off his song numbers superbly. It's good escapist nonsense that will please fans of this genre. I'm currently preferring High Fidelity as a music based drama. Zoe Kravitz is excellent. No croaking!
The Pale Horse
(2020)
Rufus Sewell as the next Bond
17 February 2020
Sewell is so good in this. The Bond producers need to convince him he could do it. He's absolutely got that cold exterior, ideal for Bond. He was clinical in this and played the part brilliantly. Never mind it was a rehash and pale imitation of the Agatha Christie original of the original story (without a priest in sight). Supporting cast were excellent as well.
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