MamaGravity
good back-story, and good acting
Onlinewsma
Absolutely Brilliant!
BelSports
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.
Fatma Suarez
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
kerchelnate
On seeing the names of the main characters in this series I had high hopes of an excellent, witty sitcom. Instead I got a low class, stereo-typing piece of trash. When you have watched the first episode you have watched the entire series. What plot line there is is not credible. The huge talents of McKellan, Jacobi and De La Tour are wasted on inane drivel and drag-queen bitchiness. As a gay man I had hoped that we were past this sort of drivel but clearly not. Sir Ian McKellan has been at the forefront of gay rights for many years, and it shocks me that he then chooses to take part in something that would have been thought funny in the 1970's. McKellan and Jacobi should hang their heads in shame.
vincethesoundguy
I had been watching season one of this series on PBS in the USA, and thought it was hilarious. The veteran leads were amazing in their timing and delivery. Surprisingly, it also had it's tender moments as well.Now season 2 comes along. I'm not sure what happened, but the second season seems much more contrived and mechanical than the first one. I'm pretty disappointed. New director, new writers, bored actors, smaller budget, not sure? I'm guessing there's no season three on the horizon, although I'm not sure, and based on #2, I wouldn't follow it anyway. Too bad, it had great potential for a long run.Could have been the next Honeymooners or Fawlty Towers classic.
joeywyss
I wasn't sure what this was when it first popped up on PBS, and just happened to catch it one Saturday when nothing was on - and the binge began! I laughed my a** off continually thru the whole first episode. It actually reminded me of the Golden Girls without the gooey sweetness. It is truly vicious. All four stars are favorites of mine from previous projects and I couldn't believe the chemistry they pulled off. And the writing is fabulous (if I can get away with that). I have never seen Rheon in anything comical, but he is much more accomplished than I realized (he's a fave of mine from Misfits and Thrones). I will have to order the DVD to get the uncensored version, because you can tell they actually will use the grown up language appropriately. Once again, British TV trumps American TV.
watsbee
I got thru the first episode only because I was too stunned to get up and leave the room. I can't shake the feeling that I was watching a 1978 "Three's Company" script staged by the Old Vic - and everyone was playing Mrs. Roper. (And mark my words, someone will be in a caftan before push comes to shove.) It's really incredible that someone wrote this - and that someone else thought it was a project worth green-lighting - and finally, that someone else believed it was the perfect vehicle for DeLaTour, Jacobi and McKellan. Dated and ugly stereotypes aside, the show is plainly and painfully not funny - in spite of the cheers and applause on the laugh-track.
