I love this movie so much

Perfect cast and a good story

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

I'm a fan of the main actors in this US version, but compared to the original UK show, it falls a bit flat. For example, Vicki Pepperdine's character is self-absorbed to an extent that makes you cringe in the UK show, while Laurie Metcalf plays her comparable character over the top in the US version. Perhaps the producers feel that American audience can't appreciate a deft touch and need to have things hammered into them a bit more.This reminds me of Rake, another case where an American network tried to imitate a brilliant foreign comedy. In Getting On and in Rake, instead of taking the IDEA of the original and tweaking it according to the strengths of the US cast, they copy the stories almost verbatim, change a few references, and plug in different actors. The actors are quality, but it definitely doesn't work as well as the original ...

there are a lot of layers to this show. first of: it has a lot of heart. i mean a lot of it. it's uncomfortably funny but the awkward transferred stillness warms your insides. i detect some distinct scrubs influences. borstein 's top notch performances to subtly increase the funny level by a thousand, within the hard-to-notice situations. funny you have to find. i like that. cinematographically speaking, it is a single camera sitcom? dramedy? there are influences of mockumentary style filming also. extreme-closeup shots and the like. good show. niecy nash or whatever her name is shines in this well written roll. not at all the exaggerated black stereotype she had played in her past. and mel rodriguez? fogettaboutit. he might not have the Latin accent he sports in many of his previous roles, but this man is downright funny, even in this rather serious character. solid. B.

This show brings out an experimental comedy with smart writing, great cast of characters, and best of all, no cheap laughs. While it may take a couple of viewing, you just new a acquired taste for this show. If you're the type of person that's into health-care you love the show Getting On. This show brings on so many emotions into 30 minutes. This show also packs A great cast of actors as well. Niecy Nash is a new nurse just coming into a wing of the hospital for extended-care patients (elderly people). Alex Borstein is the senior nurse dealing with some of the crazy people on the ward. Then finally the Head nurse starring Laurie Metcalf.Getting On, on HBO, has strong language, other than that, deserve a shot to become a great show. For those that say this show is terrible just remember another show called "it always sunny in Philly" it started out different, and became a phenomenal show. Mark my words. This show will get better.

I didn't have any interest in this but watched because someone else wanted to. I fell in love with it in about two minutes. I have never seen these characters in a sitcom before. Granted I don't watch a lot of them but the richness and honesty here is pretty mesmerizing. The first episode was intriguing as they laid the groundwork, and the next two went beyond it to brilliance. Dawn, Didi and Patsy are characters I have never seen before. Metcalfe's doctor is thrilling because every time she appears we know we are in for some new insanity. But what is so inspiring about this show is the humanity of the nurses. Not just in their care for some of the most pathetic of patients (customers), but in the examination into their own shortcomings in life though I have not yet found any shortcomings in Didi who may be the most loving character I have ever experienced in a television program. Not sure this one is gonna make it. It might be too good for Americans. The honesty and greatness of the acting might be too subtle for us.