Grantchester
Grantchester
TV-14 | 06 October 2014 (USA)
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  • Reviews
    Claysaba

    Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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    Acensbart

    Excellent but underrated film

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    Odelecol

    Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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    Geraldine

    The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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    FollyFX

    I reasonably enjoyed the first 2 seasons, but I'm done with this series now. I don't need to waste any precious time watching sleaze - as in the inspector cheating on his lovely wife & family with the tramp. And after all this time of Sidney "sitting on the pot" where Amanda is concerned (she's always been throwing herself at him, while he's acted unmotivated), suddenly they've got to have one of those (YAWN) typical, modern, crass slam-bang scenes - UGH. On a separate note, as much as I LOVE Leonard, who has always been my favorite character, it's obvious the painful path they are going to force him to grind through this season, and I can't stand to see his sweetheart self put through that.How depressing it is that the days when one could rely on PBS for quality programming are over. Nowadays PBS network seems clearly intent on including trashy content (another example, "Indian Summers" - just how much "doggy style" was it necessary to include????) in an effort to reel in a young modern audience. Meanwhile, they will be losing viewers such as myself, who have been enthusiastic & loyal supporters since PBS began!

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    michaeljayallen

    Another generally awesome series: England in the postwar period (like about a million other British shows, set in their favorite time after they kept calm and carried on and beat down the Nazi's along with us). Murders. Super cute intellectual and troubled vicar. Nerdy gay assistant vicar. Copish working class cop detective who lets the vicar team up with him. Landladyish meddling church lady housekeeper. English village. Beer drinking in charming pubs. Only one problem: the casting of Morven Christie as the vicar's friend and one true love who marries some upper class toff because a vicar is just too common. It's just impossible (for me and friends) to see anything all that great about her. She spurned her obvious life mate because her parents demanded that she marry into the gentry, a pretty high hurdle to jump and still seem sympathetic. Christie did not manage this. She projects nothing that makes her anyone special to care about. She even looks older than Sidney. The totally adorable Sidney Chambers deserves far better. There are dozens of good British female actors in the right age range that would have made it work. But worth watching anyway.

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    Paul Evans

    Grantchester since the very first episode has been particularly good viewing, the concept of a clergyman helping the local detective solve all manner of village crimes initially seemed a wee bit far fetched,and better suited to the Father Brown afternoon slot,but it's totally engaging, intriguing, and sometimes contains a level of grit.The combination of Robson Green and James Norton as Sidney and Geordie is a good one, they play of each other incredibly well, they frequently see all that is good and bad in one another. Tessa Peake Jones is particularly good as Mrs Maguire.I can't recall seeing a bad episode, always consistent, some of the standout episodes include the finale of series one, and series three's Christmas special. I'm impressed how they manage to make each episode feel so unique, and the personal lives of the lead duo add to the story.A perfect way to end the week, Sunday evening Grantchester. 9/10

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    Jim

    If the music seems familiar, check out the credits:Series Music by John Lunn ... (11 episodes, 2014-2016)Great fun, watching this in the background while doing work. Pretty realistic sets. I did wonder why there was no grass and weeds growing up between a pile of "old farm equipment" on one film location. That bit of continuity has plagued set designers since "Little House On The Prairie".The scenery makes up for any plot which seems simplistic - it is farm country of post-war England, after all. Besides, it's not all that predictable.After starting with Series II, I halted viewing until Series I could be located, which I now have.

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