That was an excellent one.
Good start, but then it gets ruined
Fantastic!
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
View MorePlease end this Torture i have been waiting very long time for second season... Please please second season comee... Hi from Turkey... :)
View More'Flowers' is based on the premise that dysfunctional British behavior, however far-fetched and bizarre, equals comedy. So much so that EVERYONE in this series is over-the-top weird. There's not a single character for the viewer to get on board with and root for... and therein is where it fails.The cast is capable - especially the phenomenal (and always busy) Olivia Coleman. Actually, her turn was the main attraction keeping me focused on the screen.It has a lot in common with the 1999 comedy series, "The league of gentlemen." Everyone is relentlessly eccentric and loud. If you got on with that popular program, then you'll most probably find something to keep you tuned into this series, too. British eccentricity provides a rich vein of content for writers to use. But the success of this appeal is based on the surroundings and how other people react to this behavior. It's simply not enough for everyone to act silly.Also - this series borrows too heavily from the much better 1985 Tom Sharpe comedy, "Blott on the Landscape." That, at least, seemed to have a purpose.Not terrible... but neither is it funny or entertaining.
View MoreOnce in a while a rare show comes around and surprises you completely out of the blue. It's impossible to pick one genre to describe this show, it's a wonderful mix of different genres that compliment each other/The characters in this show feel completely relatable, yet also distant at the same time. I really felt their struggles and pain throughout the series. It's a dark comedy on the surface but goes much deeper into the emotions of the characters. It really all comes together really well. I can't wait to see what Will Sharpe works on next. The actors are brilliant in this. Julian Barratt's best role since Mighty Boosh. Olivia Colman and Will Sharpe easily steal the show in my opinion though.Can't recommend this show enough! It's one of a kind.
View More"Flowers" is dark, funny, poignant, and smart. A terrible beauty. I couldn't look away, and couldn't stop watching until I'd finished the entire series in a single sitting.Will Sharpe's superb writing is brought to life by an equally superb cast of actors who give stunning performances. Barratt and Coleman in serious roles are a revelation. Sophia Di Martino and Daniel Rigby are convincingly fragile, but still relatable and even likable. Sharpe's acting is as powerful as his writing, adopting the role of Shun -- the Japanese glue barely holding this broken English family together."Flowers" is easily some of the best television I've seen, and I'll be following Sharpe's career with great interest.
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