SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Of course humour is a personal thing but to rate this as a one star is suggests maybe the reviewers like comedy where you can see the gags coming from several miles away. HNTLYL is probably too off-kilter and unobvious for their tiny minds to comprehend. Fact is, it is one of the few BBC sitcoms that is laugh out loud funny. The plot lines are offbeat and the characters of Don and particularly Eddie are original. The camping trip is possibly the best episode here. Then we have Sinead Moynihan as the object of Dan's lust, and understandably so as she is drop dead gorgeous. Perhaps it's a good thing the BBC only kept it to three series. As demonstrated by other recent BBC sitcoms like Outnumbered and My Family it's usually best to quit while you're ahead.

I watched the first 3 episodes and realised I hadn't laughed a single time. Not once. I'm very surprised at all the great reviews it's had. Dan Clarke just isn't that funny, or likable as his character Don (who's most likely probably just Dan playing himself). He's just not relate-able to the common male audience. I found myself rooting for Karl, who likely represents the average viewer more than Don. He was the geeky nice guy that got the hot girl, while her complete jerk of flatmate lies and does immoral acts, sometimes right in front of Carl, to win her over.You can do a complete ass but keep it funny and likable, so Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm or Ricky Gervais on The Office. But Dan Clarke doesn't make it work here.The "5 things" is never funny - it's sort of like some of those "Whose Line Is It Anyway" skits where they take an object and think of funny things to do with it. Except on this show, they just aren't funny.The rest of the cast seems pretty talentless when it comes to comedy. They're just "there" as extras while Dan provides the only humour, rather than becoming their own character.The one thing I thought showed promise in the first episode was the interactive between Dan and his boss. That seemed to only last one episode and ended the only bit of interesting interaction between characters.I'm amazed this is still going strong at 4 seasons. Perhaps it gets better as the seasons move along, as comedy often does, though I'm not sure where the story could possibly go when you only have one person attempting to provide all the humour.

Dan Clark's caricature of himself, "Don" is one the most likable dimwits I have ever seen on TV. The show has the dark, scenario-based humor of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, the daft charm of Workaholics, but the culture and setting of city-life in England. For any Americans that claim "Well, I don't really like British humor"; How Not To Live Your Life might be a good place to start if you're on the fence about British TV. Yes, it has that classic dry, British wit, but Dan Clark is such an Ameriphile that anyone on both sides of the pond can't help but crack up at the preposterous and sometimes uncomfortable situations "Don" gets himself into.

Whats wrong with you guys, this is hilarious, probably the best comedy series currently showing. The characters are funny, the guy looks cool and whats that about 'the people are ugly' whats that got to do with anything? comedy is comedy, looks don't matter.when i was young i thought Mr bean was funny but now i think its stupid and depressing. 'only fools and horses' is probably the best comedy series but even that gets depressing now and then.one of the worst comedies ever is 'hot fuzz' and it was soo over rated everyone thought they loved it. i fell asleep twice trying to watch that crap.why are people following the crowds? think for yourself!