At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

This would get ten stars as a tragedy or a horror film but it's an odd choice for a comedy. The actors are fantastic, I was initially intrigued with so many well drawn characters but I wasn't looking for such a deeply bleak and upsetting nightmare. Getting to the end of episode 5 has been a sick endurance test. And it ends very badly apparently. Whoopee! Why would anyone want to see children genuinely distressed? Who gets pleasure from 'cringe, cringe, that guy's letting children cope with Mum's coma on their own. HAHAHA!'? Which is not credible anyway, as mid life crisis man is just idiotic rather than monstrously neglectful. Maybe it's for people who don't find real life horrifying enough. Or if you need reminding of childhood traumas or recent divorces

I am so grateful that I "get" the humour in this show. I would be so gutted if I missed the point. Genius characters, cringe-worthy plots. What's not to love?!We all known an anally retentive bossy person in our every day lives. Imagine then that you had left this person in charge of your holiday? Lists, Kitty's, spreadsheets, itineraries and emails!Whilst on said holiday, you will be joined by a recovering alcoholic and his mousy partner - together with his son who is full of hormones (no explanation necessary!) Add into the mix one half of a couple that you are friends with turning up with his new girlfriend and proceeds to fawn all over her embarrassingly! I think the observations were spot on. Especially Vicky Pepperdine's Character. I thought she was brilliant.A must see for fans of Nighty Night.Personally, I loved it.

Fully enjoyed this series, albeit a couple of saggy middle episodes, the transformation from first to last episode is amazing, so dark at times and so funny, David Bamber's character especially stood out, painfully awkward to a degree not seen before, taking cringe-com to a whole new level. Big fan of Julia Davis, best woman in comedy, always pushing it forward. If you enjoyed her previous work please stick with this. I have read some other reviews citing how bad this is, this is simply not true, at first the viewer is unsure if Julia has lost her touch but I assure you she hasn't! you cannot take your eyes off the screen in the last couple of episodes, very strong finish.

I thought comedy was meant to be funny, and I love dark comedy, but this is dreadful. I watched the first episode and I found it to be totally cringe worthy to be honest. I have no idea why someone as talented as Steve Pemberton would get caught up in this nonsense. The main character is a very bossy out of control wife, which is OK for 30 seconds but very quickly becomes a major irritating factor which spoils the show. The attempts at humour are shallow and the bloke with his new girlfriend is just embarrassing. I can only assume that the previous review who gave it 10 stars was watching a different show. I did not laugh once and 'endured' the show as my partner wanted to see it. At the end we just looked at each other in bewilderment. Absolute garbage.