i must have seen a different film!!

An Exercise In Nonsense

Absolutely Brilliant!

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

This is one of the best sitcoms of all time and is massively superior to Friends. Coupling has much stronger characters, is better-acted and better-written than Friends. Coupling is hilarious. I can't understand why Friends is beloved by many millions of people whilst most people haven't even heard of Coupling.The US remake of Coupling is dreadful and bland. They took away the characters' personalities.

Six Brits, three men and three women are in a kind of circular, sex fueled relationship. Some have slept with each other, some have slept with several of the others. This leads to some very funny and interesting scenarios. This series plays off of the sexual tensions and mores of the single, sexual obsessions and insecurities of both sexes. Women thinking one way about the men and the men thinking not the same way but hoping for a happy ending. Jeff is the odd man out in more ways than one. He is generally a loser with women and he has some very strange ideas about the interactions between men and women, very strange indeed. Jeff is absent for some reason for the last six episodes and I miss his character. He is replaced by a man named Oliver and he is not a good replacement for Jeff. All six actors do admirable jobs in portraying their characters. This is an extremely well written and acted series and I love it.

With 100 odd reviews in place for this title, and a wonderfully high IMDb rating (especially for a TV show) I prefer not to rehash the excellence of this show, but, rather, to try to come to terms as to why this single show -- FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY no less -- garnered such a solid fan base? In no special order, the possible explanations are 1. England invented the sitcom, ergo, over the years they have got really good at it. (This is a riff on the old argument that since England invented the English language, and therefore the art of drama, they have an edge on the stuff from North America. I suggest this theory not be dismissed out of hand. While the US has boasted some unique talents, which were then successfully transformed into comedy (Pryor, Seinfeld, Cosby) the boys on the other side of the pond have been consistently cranking out high quality and consistent product for decades, while we here occasionally lose track of ourselves and do odd things like Mr. Ed and My Mother The Car. 2. Steven Moffat. There is fancy scientific word for any argument which is on its face self-explanatory but, not being British or a master of the language, I have forgotten it. But I do believe merely repeating this name over and over could occupy several points on my list, not just one. 3. Americans lead the world in dramas featuring ACTUAL sex - porn - the Brits are the best at SUGGESTING sex. 4. A brilliant cast, especially Gina Bellman and Sarah Alexander, two ladies who can claim to have built a worldwide fan base entirely on their sassyness, without ever disrobing or losing their cool. 5. Steven Moffat (I warned you I would repeat this point!) 6. Steven Moffat (Hey, I wasn't kidding!) Summary: It is no coincidence that some of the most successful "relationship" comedies in the US were stolen from the UK -- Three's Company comes to mind. These people are very very good at this. And more power to them.

So sad I only just saw it for the first time now (13 years late). The characters are so real you feel that you are part of the 'family'. I wish I could go to the wine bar to meet them but then I realize it was just a show. I'm ordering the DVD collection so I can keep watching them. The antics and situations they get themselves into is almost like a Brian Rix farce. The show is very clever in changing the plot line around like in the "Girl with Two Breasts" where "Jeff meets and tries to "chat up" an Israeli girl who doesn't speak English. Also where they replay various segments so to see them from different viewpoints very well done. As Jeff would say "brilliant!". If you haven't seen it it's worth the risk to see it . You will be hooked if you like Brit humour or situations for late 20's early 30's types.