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Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

eb999 I'm a big fan of British series, but James Norton is a poor actor. He seems to have two major moods. He's either the lighthearted and optimistic vicar or the morose, self-pitying and alcoholic depressive. The latter seems more true to the character which makes his religious life seem like an act. With a more skilled actor, these two aspects might have been meshed together to show an interesting and complex human being, but Norton doesn't have the skill to portray such a man. There is very little subtlety and nuance in his performances, so he is always unconvincing. But he is physically a beautiful man which makes him watchable.There is another issue for me and that is the subplot of Grantchester's romance with his childhood friend who is married. To me, this is like fingernails on a blackboard. This attachment doesn't fit into his life, nor does it fit the show. Whenever there's a scene with her I just want to make her go away. This actress as well is mediocre and it's hard to believe that she's the focus of such intense passion. She's kind of a blah human being.For me, the saving grace of this show is Robson Green. He's a magical actor who's been wonderful in every show he's been in (my favorite being "Wire in the Blood"). Without him, this show wouldn't be worth watching.

blake-36398 Too many things wrong with this series. As it turned out, we feel that none of the characters are likable. With each episode we grew to dislike them even more. Sidney – a man who says he loves God, yet he wantonly behaves in a way that is most unfitting with a man of the cloth. An alcoholic. With all the scenes of him drinking, I'm surprised that he was not in a state of perpetual intoxication. How about the scene where he is guzzling the wine out of the chalice after the church service? Smoked like a chimney in winter. His sexual behavior was more of lust than of love. After a short while, I found him repulsive for a vicar. Most of the scenes with him with a woman, were animal. I find most of the kissing scenes disgusting. I liken it to two pigs fighting over the same turnip – embarrassing. How about the scene where he has this woman against the wall and is gnawing at her face (kissing?) while the love of his life is watching him. Give me the films of old, where a kiss was warm and tender and showed love and affection. Not these days. The way they kiss on screen, I am surprised that they don't draw blood.Amanda – at the beginning she and Sidney had what seemed to be a warm and affectionate relationship. Then she gets engaged to someone even though she is in love with Sidney and because he is not willing to ask her to marry him. She is constantly going to see Sidney even after she is married. From what I can gather, her husband is cold and withdrawn. Why shouldn't he be? She runs to Sidney every chance she gets, instead of trying to make her marriage work. Toward the end of season 3 she seemed to be turning into a shrew.Geordie – why couldn't they have left him alone. Instead they turn him into an adulterer. And the usual, when found out he is so sorry. If he wasn't found out, he would have continued his affair. How predicable! I really like this character until he cheated on his wife.Mrs. Maguire – sour faced who is wise about everyone else, but is taken in by her husband that was missing for ten years. Someone who sees all and knows all and still thinks that the people of the village need Sidney even after she sees how much he drinks and probably has a good idea of his sexual caring on. She was against Amanda at the beginning, but even though she knew it was wrong because Amanda is a married woman, she warmed up to her.Leonard – our token gay person who does not really care about getting engaged to a woman and then dumping her without the slightest bit of conscience bothering him about how he hurt her - no real apology there.This is more of a soap opera than a crime series or anything about religion. Sidney spends too much time without his vicar's collar. I love the scene where he and Amanda are out dancing and kissing in public. No shame at all, just lust. And when would the police allow anyone other than a police official to be in the room interrogating a suspect or prisoner?It is rather funny the way at the end of an episode, Sidney gives a little speech in church. Words to live by, but not by him. We all have faults and failings and a man of the cloth is supposed to set an example for his parishioners to follow, but this is not the case with this hypocrite. He is the worst of the lot.

FollyFX I reasonably enjoyed the first 2 seasons, but I'm done with this series now. I don't need to waste any precious time watching sleaze - as in the inspector cheating on his lovely wife & family with the tramp. And after all this time of Sidney "sitting on the pot" where Amanda is concerned (she's always been throwing herself at him, while he's acted unmotivated), suddenly they've got to have one of those (YAWN) typical, modern, crass slam-bang scenes - UGH. On a separate note, as much as I LOVE Leonard, who has always been my favorite character, it's obvious the painful path they are going to force him to grind through this season, and I can't stand to see his sweetheart self put through that.How depressing it is that the days when one could rely on PBS for quality programming are over. Nowadays PBS network seems clearly intent on including trashy content (another example, "Indian Summers" - just how much "doggy style" was it necessary to include????) in an effort to reel in a young modern audience. Meanwhile, they will be losing viewers such as myself, who have been enthusiastic & loyal supporters since PBS began!

jogliore-267-117475 I know this series takes place during the 50's but why have all the smoking? Do the producers and directors not know of the health issues that smoking causes? The writing is superb as well as the acting. What spoils it is the constant smoking. What lesson does it teach to young viewers? That once a crisis point is reached you reach for a cigarette? The actors are shortening their lives by smoking