The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I came here to see if IMDb could suggest something similar to this. It's been about a year since I watched it and I still remember how good it was. I see other ratings range from 1 to 10, so there's obviously quite a difference of opinion. I think it's unfair that some reviewers gave it a low rating because they expected a straight-forward police procedural and got something else. My only quibble was that the teenagers seemed a little older than the story said, and apart from that I thought it was fabulous and unpredictable, and I was satisfied with the ending. I strongly recommend it. Watch with an open mind, and pay attention.

Started watching it expecting it to be a classic bbc crime series. As such it started out good, classic girl in the woods murder, and everybody having a motive for murdering her. The lack of a central view "inspector" was refreshing, following the story from multiple angles, even though that did make the viewer know more than the people in play.But not giving a satisfactory ending, leaving to many questions unanswered however is unforgivable, largely because I don't buy into the paranormal theme, as in other bbc series, it is supposed to be treated as lunacy, even though hints of it working may be allowed.*who stole the evidence bag, and why? *How did hatty's sister knew who did it? *Will the REAL killer ever be arrested? *Will his criminal wife be arrested too? *Is seth dead or alive? *will seth's brother find seth back at all? *will the eventual killer of seth be arrested or killed himself, either by the police or by somebody else? *what was the crime linus's dad did that made the black woman frame him?and thats just the tip of the iceberg.Also didn't quite liked how they made the black sheep black. She had to be black, timid, soft voice, strange hair, and glasses, a little to much of imprinting ugly = criminal, pretty = hero.On top of that no-go-error, She was not even a well developed character. Starting as genuine afraid of her husband being the murderer, only doing an investigation out of denial, to a full blown criminal herself, who is willing to knowingly cover up her husbands crime, get rid of all evidence and planting it on a different person, all for the sake of keeping their family together, having no problem destroying the only person Linus has. Thats not a believable character shift at all.So thats why it gets only 3 stars, it does not has the quality of a proper bbc crime series at all.

This is obviously a drama inspired by Twin Peaks and then those slew of Scandinavian dramas where things happen slowly after a murder.It also has to be noted that Kudos the production company also made Broadchurch that touches on similar themes.It's May Day and a small community waits excitedly for the parade to begin. Local teenager Linus Newcombe (Max Fowler), watches woefully as the love of his life, Caitlin Sutton (Leila Mimmack), kisses a rival. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Caitlin's twin and the beautiful May Queen, Hattie Sutton (also Leila Mimmack) travels on her journey to appear as the town's symbol of new life. However she fails to appear and the town is spinning with suspicion that she has been taken. Her twin sister thinks she has been murdered.So you have small town by the woods, people with dark secrets and a person who goes missing, maybe dead and the same actress playing the relative. So far so David Lynch!The premise is intriguing with some new age sentiments. We have a cast of characters led by Peter Firth, Aiden Gillan, Lesley Manville, Sophie Okonedo who all look like that they have something to hide and the male members in the drama all look that they are likely to be in the frame and there some downright vile people living in this town especially Okonedo's policeman husband.It just feels too slow moving. I can understand that these types of dramas need room to breath but here its just filler for its five part nightly slot and it was several episodes in before a body is found. There was too much just marking time, setting up pointless stuff which then goes nowhere. It might be bad writing thankfully the tempo picks up a bit after episode three.The conclusion might leave some people underwhelmed as it veers more to the supernatural as it builds up slightly in its spookier themes. This drama was no great shakes, it had far too many over long shots of the male characters furrowing their brows and looking worried as if to emphasise them as suspects. A little bit too clunky and clichéd outside its new age aura.

The disappearance of the May Queen in an idyllic English village shatters the veneer that's masked years of intrigue. Like beetles crawling out from under freshly cracked bark - historic issues swarm to the surface, each one a motivation for a resident to want her out of the way for good. What happened to Hattie? Did she run away? Is she really dead as people assume? This is a production that Kudos & BBC can be proud of. One where the casting worked and the characters were utterly believable. The script was solid and the story gripping without reaching for gimmicks. I enjoyed how it subtly touched on the old English mysteries without the need to drench them in exposition - and the misdirection kept me wondering who was responsible right up until the final moments. Yet it never felt laboured or contrived, delivering a steady flow of well crafted storytelling up to the last second.Watching this was time well spent.