Wow! Such a good movie.

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

After the emotionally constipated Cuffs, No Offence, is a "let your hair down and let is all hang out" kind of police drama. There's a dash of Chauncer in this series. The public is crude and oafish, a mischievous bunch, in need of more circumspect forces to keep the chaos at bay. Crudity and what might be called, "earthy" humour, can be found in abundance in this series. This crude edge is softened somewhat by touchy feely, cops with a heart of gold, malarkey. I personally, found it hard to get past the atmosphere of condescension that permeates No Offence. Of the "little people", comprised of a public who are either unaware sheep who need to be protected by the boys and girls in blue or shifty, orcish types, who need to be brought to heel.Viewed as "simple" entertainment No Offence is watchable. That said, its touting the same tired, bland, unconvincing "big government nanny state" message found in just about any mainstream police show you care to name. A message that is starkly at odds with the troubling, Orwellian reality, of contemporary government and policing in the West. Five out of ten from me.

No Offence from Paul Abbott was promoted as some kind of left-field black comedy by Channel 4 if the trailers were anything to go by. I gave it a miss and it was only because of some buzz on a few internet websites I decided to give the first episode a try. It came across as Scott & Bailey with gallows humour and decided my wife would enjoy this. Well she likes Scott & Bailey.We binged watch this over several nights. DI Deering (Joanna Scanlan) is the no nonsense chief in a Manchester precinct which is investigating the death of girls suffering from Downs Syndrome. She likes to have conferences with other female cops in the ladies toilet. There is a strong element of female camaraderie in the series. Each episode has a story of the week as well as the main plot being progressed.No Offence moves along at a brisk pace and with plenty of black humour. I felt the individual weekly stories to be on the weak side. The main arc did have elements of Broadchurch though if you followed the plot hints being dropped as it went along. I thought we might have a curve ball thrown at us but it looks like I did correctly guess the culprit.An enjoyable show but the individual stories needs to be stronger when the series returns. Also I felt that some of the actors were trying too hard with their Mancunian accents, at times they were incomprehensible. I assume the actors were not from Lancashire.It is just a shame that Channel 4 mis-marketed this show.

I've read the previous reviews, one stands out. So I'm making my stand, on my opinion of the show. From the first episode, I have not only watched the story progress, due to the camera work, the actors and, for me, a totally new feel to a cop show. The character development hasn't felt forced, it seems to have evolved with the main story, leaving questions at every turn. I would suggest, which I have, to anyone who likes a clever plot and very likable cast to give their 'once over'. Again I must mention the acting, after seeing Elaine Cassidy in Paradise I had just the one image of her, and I took her for her character. Boy does she shine in this show. Alexandra Roach playing the 'by default' boss is truly awesome. This show is a joy to watch, and a pleasure to suggest. Happy Viewing :)

Just to strike some balance against the review titled 'total trash'. (Written by someone in the US two days before the UK show premiered in the UK??)It's not 'shocktainment.' I have no idea which scene that's supposed to relate to, if any. The only body you see is on a mortuary slab: just the face, rest beneath a sheet. There is a mildly gross X-ray image in the background, relating to an, er, unusual car crash. You might not like the humour, but it is included AS humour.If he/she means the 'splat' moment at the start, it only lasts a second and you don't see anything, really. It's no worse than any of the deaths in Midsomer Murders, and no one compares those to torture TV.It's a black comedy. And if some of the humour seems, as another reviewer says, to 'belong in the playground,' well, the clue is in the title of the series. People say 'no offence' when they are about to say something awful. It's meant to be outrageous in places.It parodies the standard police drama, while still being one. Turns a few clichés on their heads. And adds some realism: a heroine jumping in a city river to save someone probably does need antibiotics more than a medal afterwards.Can't wait to see where it goes from here.