SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Jay Mehta This is a heck of a TV series you may have watched. We watched it on Amazon Prime and finished all 18 episodes over the weekend. It's a comedy created out of a series of tragedies that keep happening with this middle aged couple in London - so there is a lot of British accent and tea!! There is a lot of swearing (f-word) and explicit sexual conversations which is why I guess it's not suitable for children to watch. American marketer Rob is on a business trip to London where he hooks up with an Irish teacher Sharon for a week. Everything is forgotten as Rob returns to the US when, after two months, Sharon drops a bomb over the phone that she's pregnant. Rob returns to London for good. From there on their lives converge and so does their troubles. From complicated pregnancy to work troubles to crazy parents to relationship issues of their friends, Chris and Fran, troubles just seem to be coming their way all the time - sometimes all together. The story is very well paced and with so many characters around, it stays interesting throughout. There is also a cultural aspect with an American man setting himself in a British environment and an Irish family. The differences are very subtle but some of them do create moments of humor and awkwardness. The lead cast, Rob Delaney (playing Rob Norris) and Sharon Horgan (playing Sharon Morris), is also the writing team of the series and the work is great. That possibly explains how they are at ease with their scenes in the series. The expressions (especially the "what the hell is going on????" ones), the dialog delivery, the punches are pretty much spot on. With Rob and Sharon, being originally from the US and the UK respectively also adds the required originality to the story. Another character to watch out for is Fran (played by Ashley Jensen) which is probably the most screwed up after Rob and Sharon in the series. Ashley is great to watch. Her awkward chemistry with Mark Bonnar made it even more interesting with two wildly different personas paired together. The direction has been quite good. No time wasting on unnecessary melodrama. The scenes have been shot in a quite straightforward manner. However, I'm not sure what thought-process went into creating recap section at the beginning of each episode. The recap has been very jumbled up with events shown not in the same order that they happened earlier and from random previous episodes. The series is split into three seasons (one each year) of 6 episodes each. Can't wait for the next season in 2018. Definitely to be watched!!!

Donal Waide If you don't get sarcasm then don't watch this. It's hilarious and packed with sarcasm. The humor is crude and there's a lot of sex, but funny sex. We are halfway through Season 2 and thoroughly enjoying it. At 24 minutes an episode on Amazon Prime, you can manage a few belly laughs every night. Plenty of laugh out loud moments.You can find yourself rooting for and against a person in the same episode plenty of times.You will be offended if you are of the sensitive nature. While not as insulting as South Park a few stereo types are brought into play and very well done. It is obvious the on screen chemistry of the two actors (also the writers of the show) is fantastic.

hello-07474 Instead of listing all the reasons why this show is so brilliant, I need to address the people that gave it a low score.I know the American guy wrote this series, but it is written in tune with the characters you will meet in the UK.The only people that gave this series a low score were from American cities. NOW wait... I do know that a lot of Americans scored this show highly, however, the only ones that didn't understand or like it were also from the USA.Now, without being negative or discriminatory, I have to say that this show has a LOT of UK based characterization and cultural references that are so subtle yet prevalent throughout the whole series.You don't have to be from or have lived in the UK to love this show, however, it really helps. The 'annoying' or 'depressing' or 'rude' characters that some people were complaining about are actually very accurate if not slightly exaggerated for comedic reasons. To address some of the comments on the jokes not being funny, well, they are not so much 'jokes' rather than witty responses to cultural observations. Wit plays a huge part in the structure of comedy of the UK. It IS different to the USA in that respect. I am not saying American comedy is not witty, I am saying that in the UK it is a base structure and not so much a additive like it is in USA comedies. Neither is better than the other.Just like Costanza in Seinfeld who demonstrates the highly anxious, elaborate and morally confused New Yorker, Catastrophe highlights the stereotypes of the UK in just as an elaborate way. Comedy in the UK is based around financial struggle, family problems, outlining how miserable and depressed one can get very quickly with the sharp turn of ill-fortune as well as keeping their chin up and making the most of it all by cutting someone else down for instant gratification. The wit is expressed by self deprecation and dark comedy as an observation and reaction to these dire circumstances. Comedy in the USA has a lot of different traits and I love them both. USA comedies are more often than not set in mid to high level income groups that either live in conveniently rent controlled penthouse apartments or 6 bedroom, 3 storey houses in affluent suburbs. UK comedies are usually set in low income groups where the character's lives are threatened by poverty or being perpetually ordinary.These reasons are why some people may not quite like or get the comedic flow and brilliance of this show.I do love comedies from both the UK and USA and there is no competition between them. If you don't like Catastrophe then you either simply don't like it or you don't understand the subtleties of the UK culture. THAT is NOT a bad thing, I am just saying that it happens, just like I would not understand the subtleties of Indian comedy or German comedy. They might not understand USA comedy either, it's more of a cultural gap than an intelligence thing so do not think I am putting anyone down. Thanks.

standardpropagation I'll start of by saying "dumpster fire". Classic. If you ever saw a dumpster fire (which I have) then you are fully aware of the magnitude of such an analogy. The synergy between Sharon Horgan (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret) and Rob Delaney is spectacular and hard to look away from. The utter sarcasm makes this one of the best shows available to watch. This show has a gravity to it, when it comes to relationships, there is a draw because most of us have gone through what these characters have gone through. Also, I love London as a setting. The U.K as a whole gives this show a great feel of "NYC Anywhere". So, if your into romantic comedies and you and your partner fight like normal humans then this show is for you! Enjoy