Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Good movie but grossly overrated

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This remains one of the best sit coms. It has it all - laugh out loud lines, pathos, an actual plot, excellent acting and very good scripts. It is easy to watch and so very enjoyable even after all these years.Tracey and Sharon, with their neighbour Dorian have changed in attitude and especially size, over the years and have actually aged like real people. Their problems have altered slightly but the sisters are always short of money while Dorian seems to have more and more - usually. Tracey's boys add to the story while remaining as side plots. This is a show you can sit down to for a truly enjoyable half hour that will ensure huge laughs, many smiles and some knowing nodding of head in agreement.

The "girls" are nigh - on pensioners,Dorien looks like something from the health warning on a fag packet....please give it up ladies. Yet still it prospers and is being re - run on "Freeview" about every ten minutes - then there's the stage show...I'm obviously missing something. Most weeks either of the three stars are on the front page of the women's mags and it's a shame that these fine actors are mainly known for what is their least work. Miss Quirke in particular has real presence. Only Miss Joseph has maintained her accent over the years,unfailingly hitting the right note. Mesdames Quirke and Robson wax and wane with their Cockerney,sometimes in the same sentence. Back in 1989,bright - eyed and bushy - tailed,Sharon and Tracey were prison widows,dutifully visiting their worthless blokes in the nick,exchanging witty banter over the kitchen island in Chigwell. By the end of the last series they were dull - eyed and raddled,spouting crudities and less than subtle innuendo like Alan Carr without the inhibitions. Still,as long as the cheques keep coming in,eh ladies?

I loved this show as a kid and now thanks to the fans and their petitions to have the DVD's released, I've had a chance to see it again in all it's glory and I still love it. Brilliant stuff. Modern sitcoms just can't compare. Pauline Quirke,Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph were perfect as the three leads and the dialogue was top notch. The humour has not dated one bit, it still seems fresh, probably offensive to the over sensitive politically correct. Some of the episodes are filled with non-stop funny lines, so much so I have to rewind it back sometimes to catch a line I've missed because I have been laughing so hard. The biggest compliment to the writers and the performers is how it stayed grounded in reality in many series. And this was right from the very first episode. It was never afraid to have long gaps without laughter or to become quite sad at times. There's so many classic episodes and situations, that it's impossible to list them all. It was getting millions of viewers in the years it was on TV but it's kind of a forgotten show now which is sad, especially when the vastly overrated Only Fools and Horses gets continuous praise. This show is a gem that should be re-discovered. You'll fall in love with the characters, laugh with them and feel for them. Cheers to the writers and creators Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran for this gem. 10/10.

Thanks to new Freeview channel 'Drama' this 90's sitcom can be seen by a whole new audience and with over 9 series worth of episodes to show it is a pretty safe way for them to fill their schedules.I can only compare this show to another penned by Marks and Gran (and later farmed out to other writers) 'Goodnight Sweetheart' in the sense that while the leads give good performances they are often let down by dull plots and poor writing when it is not Marks and Gran in control. At times the jokes are slow coming that you can think of the punch lines before they are spoken and like many a sitcom before it 'Birds' should've ended long before it did.Though saying that, after a successful stage run it looks like the show is returning to ITV in 2014 so perhaps the birds are going to fly again. Hopefully with a few more laughs.