It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I just finished watching the Brit's original vision of "Queer As Folk". I can't say enough how much I love it. After 4 viewings, it just gets better and better. There truly is no comparison between the UK and US version because it really is two different stories. In the UK version, it truly is a tale of life and friendship in a working class town. In the US version, it's more about the fantasy and illusion of a gay "scene" that barely exists to such extremes. While the US version has the glitz and pretty, the Brits take the less stereotypical route with the tongue-in-cheek banter and bonds you can actually feel. I have read comments about how the UK boys just aren't attractive as their US counterparts. All I can say to that is different strokes. Plus I don't think the intent of those viewers was to watch a story unfold, instead focused on a visual that engaged their fantasy of what they THINK the gay community should be like. This is a story of Stuart and Vince. One's the cock-of-the-walk, one is the heart-of-gold. The bond is unshakable for a reason and it's not Stuart's toying with Vince's emotions. It's that, underneath it all, these boys love each other. It's about unconditional love. It's about friendship and family and all the mess that comes with it. It's about reality. Excellent...just excellent!

Just saw the first episode on Showcase last night... I guess I won't be getting to bed before midnight for the next few Mondays. This is a show worth staying up for... easily one of the best TV shows I've seen (not -the- best, but up there). I've heard it described as "gay drama", but that makes it sounds as if it's an agenda show (anyone ever watched "Christian movies"?)... it's gay... way gay... shockingly explicitly sexually gay... but above all it's good TV.And since it's out uncut in Canada, there may be hope for our more sensitive neighbour to the south :)

This is being re-run here in the UK prior to a second series later in the year. It didn't raise the controversy it was expected to though not for want of trying - it had the strongest language I've ever heard on a terrestrial channel and within a few minutes of the opening of the first episode you are seeing fairly explict underage gay sex.This perhaps gives an unfair view because it is funny, sad, has elements of soap, gives a stylish and modern view of present day life in the UK without being hostage to the heritage industry and in a British city that is not London (it is set in Manchester) and has an strong underlying theme of unrequited love.Throughout, Stuart leers sexily at anything in trousers (save for the lesbians!), Vince picks up the pieces and gorgeous Nathan (Charlie Hunnam) wants his gay sexual awakening and he wants it now!There's a cinematic in joke when Vince (Craig Kelly) apes a scen from 'Titanic' - he played the wirelss operator who sends the distress signals in that film.There are some great lines too:Stuart to passing friend: How's your partner? Friend: Still dead.And when Vince Stuart and Nathan turn up at the hospital after Alfred's birth and the new mother takes one look at Nathan then Stuart and says 'I see we've both had a child tonight!'This was made by an indepnedent production company for Channel Four and not by the 'British BBC' (sic as an earlier comment tautologically has it) - Auntie wouldn't have touched this with a bargepole.Great soundtrack too - series is out on video and DVD and the soundtrack on CD.If you like strong meat, gay or straight, you'll love this.

Through a good connection I got VHS copies of the entire show, and I watched them all several times. This series will never make it uncut to the United States! It has some pretty graphic scenes, but it's not ever pornographic. What it is -- the smartest, most well-written, heartbreakingly real television show I have ever seen. Forget ER at its best! This is a show about real people, and they just happen to be gay. It's sad that nobody has agreed to air it uncut here in the US. HBO wants it, but they will edit it severely. Now when does a cable channel that will show SHOWGIRLS or any theatrical US release with extensive nudity decide that a couple of seconds of male nudity is too much. I am tired of protecting kids! I couldn't see EYES WIDE SHUT intact and now this. We are the most backwards civilized country in the world. But enough about that, if you ever get a chance to see QUEER AS FOLK...it is well worth it. Rarely have I seen anything so unique and gripping.