I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

I find this movie difficult to stay interested in, not because the sci fi plot is unbelievable, after all, that is why we watch sci fi movies. Sci fi flicks usually have a plot that includes an element which requires us to suspend disbelief, something far outside of currently accepted scientific knowledge. This element is usually inserted into the lives of human beings we can easily relate to. That is what makes it interesting and what allows us to engage in the story. We see people acting in ways we can understand to something which is beyond our understanding. But when these peoples' behaviors deviate drastically from what we all know as rational and sane, for me at least, it becomes hard to relate to them. When Victor Caroon alone returns to earth, the scientists are attempting to help him recover and to gain some understanding from him as to what occurred to him and the other two astronauts during the spaceflight. You would expect him to receive round the clock medical attention and monitoring, especially since he seems unable to communicate and does not respond to his own name. But he is often left with only one attendant. During this time he cycles between a semi-conscious fugue state and an agitated, hysterical state, with little ability to respond to anyone. He appears delusional and out of control. Then, for the first time, he gets out of bed and takes a couple of steps before going into one of his unresponsive fugue states, standing motionless staring straight ahead. At this point the doctor decides to leave the room, with the Judith Caroon there to watch Victor. You can guess what is coming next; he is going to overpower her and escape from the medical facility. Bingo. This is completely unbelievable. Victor had never demonstrated rational behavior since his return, and on several occasions he was agitated and out of control. To leave him alone with a single female whom he could easily overpower should he become agitated again, and to do so when he was out of bed and unresponsive to commands for him to return to bed, is ridiculous. We expect to suspend disbelief with respect to the sci fi element of the plot. But when we have to do so in order to explain the behavior of the "normal" people in the movie, the whole thing starts to become a joke. You cannot take anyone in the film seriously, though we are expected to. Too bad. Some b movie sci fi movies become cult comedy films because they lack the pretense of being taken seriously. This one doesn't even do that. The writers attempted to build suspense and tension by making nearly everyone in the film emotionally labile and immature. There is less drama amongst high school girls. Even the news reporter shouts at people he is trying to get information from. This is so overdone that, again, you cannot take anyone seriously. At one point when Dr. Briscoe and Victor's wife, Judith Caroon are theorizing about what might have happened to Victor, she says: "We're creatures of this earth, we live by its terms and conditions, that's all we're able to grasp". Too bad we can't grasp or believe the behavior of the characters in this movie. This is a remake of a 50s sci fi movie which could have been done better.

I can honestly say I've been a "Quatermass" fan most of my life. Ever since I saw "Quatermass Xperiment" at age eight(shown in the U.S. as "The Creeping Unknown"), I've seen and enjoyed almost all available versions of the series. If I say that this version is the weakest of the bunch, that's no slam, not at all! The acting was first-rate, the adaption nearly so; the only flaw here is one that almost everyone on the site mentions--the production budget. If BBC 4 needs a benchmark of how little money they can get away with spending to make a good SF thriller, this is the breaker. Even a brief look at the metamorphosed Caroon in the museum would been better than what we were supposed to have seen over the television monitors(that was fiberglass insulation being shaken by off-camera grips, to portray the "alien fungi", right? In soft-focus? That was pretty sad). To quote the late, great Casey Stengel, "Eventually, you've got to sell some steak along with the sizzle!" I hope that when they re-make "Quatermass 2", they give it a *slightly* bigger budget. Hell, I know _I'd_ watch it.

I'm all for people trying out different things and a live scifi programme is certainly different! I'll be honest and say that I bought this because David Tennant was in it. And he was very good in the supporting role he had. Mark Gatiss was another highlight which surprised me. I'd only ever seen him in League of Gentlemen sketches. I look forward to seeing him take on other dramatic roles. Unfortunately, I found Jason Flemyng's central performance to be flat and unengaging. I fast forwarded through most of his scenes.For something that was filmed live, it lacked the excitement and adrenalin of a live performance. Perhaps the Experiment could have been improved on DVD with some judicious editing.

Very, very different to the flash-bang wizardry of almost all TV sci-fi these days, but a marvellous and suspenseful piece of viewing.It requires more than the usual suspension of disbelief until the characters and story fall into place, but the acting--live remember--is powerful and extremely effective. Flemying is excellent as Quatermass, and the supporting cast uniformly good.It isn't perfect. It is acted live, with all the limitations that brings with it. It has a mix of styles and seems uncertain of what year it might actually be set in, but it becomes a riveting piece of television.