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Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Superb comedy series. Cheers pretty had everything: great one-liners, quotable jokes, characters that you cared about, a setting and atmosphere that made you wish you were there. Very funny - some of the jokes still stick in my head today, 30 years later.It lasted 11 seasons and 271 episodes. In that time many characters and actors/actresses came an went, but the comedy stayed clever, fresh and incredibly funny. (Only four characters were in all 271 episodes: Sam, Carla, Norm and Cliff). It launched the careers of Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Kirstie Alley and Kelsey Grammar and helped the careers of Rhea Pearlman and Shelley Long. It also produced a great offshoot, Frasier.On the negative side, the skits did become a bit uneven in their quality towards the end. The writers resorted to farce more often they than had before, which brought the tone and quality down.Still, overall, one of the greatest comedy series of all time.

At it's best Cheers fully deserves it's place as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. Well cast, sharply written and made all the more impressive when you consider that most of the episodes rarely stray from the bar setting.Cheers fans though are a divided bunch. Some prefer the Coach years, others prefer the Woody years. The Diane or Rebecca dispute is far more controversial.For me I enjoyed the Diane years more. The chemistry between Shelly Long and Ted Danson was great and their characters on/off relationship gave viewers something extra to invest in whilst watching the antics of the other patrons.Upon watching the later seasons the standard is far lower though, with weaker plots and the characters far too exaggerated from their original form. It happens with a lot of long running sitcoms I know, but when a Cheers episode was poor, it really was poor.I forgive and forget the latter years though and celebrate the first five because that for me was when Cheers was well worth drinking to

Cheers! What an iconic T.V. Show! I followed the lives of Sam, Norm, Cliff, Carla, Diane & Rebecca, (at different times) and Coach & Woody, (again at different times), from the age of 9 Years until I was 18 Years! Not many entertainment mediums can hold an interest for people for so long. But Cheers did exactly this, for exactly that long! Why? How? Honestly those aren't things that can just be answered with easy reason. A classic like this has many reasons for it's success, and it usually stems from production, (producers, crew, etc.), cast, (they were exceptional), to post-production and advertising, (easy to say, nearly twenty years on, that both were capable and dedicated). Cheers went through all kinds of trials and tribulations, most notably, the death of "Coach", still this show went on making people laugh and thriving, and WE ALL KNOW the main purpose of Cheers was to make us laugh. They succeeded. Yes, I was a child when Cheers came to life, I was an adult when Cheers came to and end, but I never forget what Cheers meant to me! The same it meant for all who loved the show. Because sometimes you do want to go "Where every-body knows your name" and it's important that they're "Always glad you came". In summary, I believe (And I'm an age old fan of good Cinema and good Television) that Cheers is one of the greatest Sitcoms of all time. Probably true that you had to grow up with this Sitcom to appreciate it the most, but I believe it can appeal to all lovers of comedy and of Television.

I do love sitcoms, and Cheers and its spin-off Frasier are two of the best sitcoms there are in my opinion. Cheers is a comedy classic, I have been a fan of it for quite some time now and never got round to reviewing it until now. The production values are of top notch quality, there's nothing cheap or dated about Cheers, not then, not now. The story lines, springing from a simple but good concept, are outstanding in their ideas and in their execution and Cheers has some of the best, funniest and creative writing I have heard and seen in a sitcom. The characters are wonderful, timeless and best of all real, all of them are easy to relate to and one of the main reasons, aside from the writing, why Cheers is such a hit for me. My favourite is the eloquent Frasier Crane, but I love them all equally. The acting is superb as well, not just from Ted Danson and Rhea Perlman but also from Kelsey Grammar, I can't choose who's the best as this is one of the rare sitcoms in my opinion where nobody gives a bad performance. Overall, a comedy classic that has stood the test of time. 10/10 Bethany Cox