It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Having watched the first few episodes of Monroe I am surprised by reviews comparing it to House. Sure, Monroe is a hospital drama centred on a brilliant surgeon with a challenging personality. But hospital dramas about so so surgeons with boring personalities tend not to rate.Monroe is well scripted, the story lines are compelling and much more credible than House's fantasy plots. It is well acted, has very high production values and is backed by a great music score. All in all it is great entertainment - exactly what I want from a TV series. To base a negative review of one show on a supposed, tenuous association with a completely different show instead of on its merits is puerile.

I agree it may be lacking a tad in subtlety and originality, and the characters are slightly clichéd, but man did I love Monroe. It was a compelling, well-acted and well-written series that also does well in conveying any complexities and difficulties in the profession. I too don't understand the House comparison, the only two similarities I can think of at the top of my head are that they are set in a hospital and that both characters are cynical, House more so. Monroe has high production values, sharp, smart and witty writing, good direction and story lines that while not exactly original are more than benefited by the way they're paced and constructed. Monroe has excellent acting too, James Nesbitt is absolutely brilliant as his cynical yet fun character, and while Sarah Parish's role is less showy she does an excellent job with it. In conclusion, a great series and well worth catching. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Having been a big fan of james nesbitt's since his cold feet days i was really looking forward to this new drama as the character Monroe (a larger than life, wise cracking, chain smoking neurosurgeon) seems to be made for nesbitt's charming and sometimes overconfident persona and i was certainly not disappointed. Whilst previous hospital dramas hailing from the UK have tried to imitate their US counterparts with their clichéd, overburdened, permanently exhausted staff, Monroe has an edge to it which subtly introduces us to the personal complexities and difficulties needed to survive in a field where the mortality rate is so high. Everything about this drama is top notch from the writing,the acting, to the highly entertaining incidental music. Don't be put off by 'lame' reviews dissing this as a poor UK remake of House. Not only is it almost completely different from House (the similarities ending in it's set in a hospital)it is superior in every way. Trust me give this drama a chance you won't be disappointed.

We've had maverick cops,maverick lawyers,a maverick judge,maverick bus crews,maverick politicians,maverick sailors from old King George's golden days and now ITV has produced for our delectation a maverick brain surgeon played with lip - smacking relish by Mr James Nesbitt,a man who has never knowingly underacted,and he doesn't let us down in "Monroe",which may not be subtle,but by golly it is compelling viewing. You may,if you wish,merely sit back and count the clichés,but if you simply let it wash over you and enjoy Mr Nesbitt's mesmerising display of eye - narrowing,facial tics,brief grins and outright double takes,"Monroe"is hugely enjoyable. Set in a good,old - fashioned Edwardian English hospital with absolutely no frills it lacks the anaesthetised,antiseptic aura American hospital soaps - however better - made - all seem to possess. We are deep in NHS country here,no gently swishing doors and dulcet bells,these doctors,nurses and patients are all involved together in a struggle to make things work at all,let alone quietly and discreetly. Within these parameters Monroe grapples with his perhaps over - familiar demons (dead teenage daughter,failing marriage,stroppy student son)whilst mentoring budding surgeons and struggling with inter - departmental politics. The stuff,then,of every medical soap on British TV since "Emergency Ward Ten". But "Monroe" actually benefits from Mr Nesbitt's larger than life performance which makes him the focus of all eyes whenever he's on screen,as it does from Miss Sarah Parish's rather less showy turn in the battle of the egoes as a cardiac surgeon with a dysfunctional home life - his mirror - image of course but he's too full of male arrogance to see it. It's pedigree may be plainly discerned,but that does not make "Monroe" a bad show by any means. It kept me out of the pub every Thursday night for it's whole run and if a second series is commissioned I'm sure that will do the same trick.