Pretty Good

Excellent but underrated film

The first must-see film of the year.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Murdoch Mysteries is a fantasy of bad acting, bad History, Anti-American sentiment. The writer seems to be angry at Christianity as every pastor and minister becomes a murderer, rapist, gambler, or fakes. Yannic is a Christian who shows great devotion, but is willing to deny his faith if need be. Every American is a bad guy. The acting, other than the chief constable is way overdone.

This is an excellent show for many more reasons than I've stated below. Someone actually realized that a good show doesn't have constant swearing, gruesome violence or show someone getting laid. That's what porn's for. Imagine that having good stories, actors, sets, costumes and great writers actually work. I'm a new viewer so I just started watching the previous seasons a few weeks ago and have watched almost all the shows already. It was like reading a great book I just couldn't put down.I would just like to thank to all the people involved that brought this show into being and kept it going. I hope it will continue for many more seasons.

I got my first exposure to Murdoch Mysteries in Toronto on a trip and I have to say it was an interesting show. Hopefully someone in the States will see fit to broadcast this on one of the channels in my cable package.Yannick Bisson who has done a few Canadian television series plays the title role of Detective Murdoch. This man is college educated and an expert at those new fangled ideas in criminal justice like forensic science. He seems light years ahead of his colleagues. But they just go with the flow the way Captain Stottlemyre did with Adrian Monk.I have to say it was an enjoyable hour well spent. I liked Bisson's characterization. Bring it to the States.

When pitching something against the likes of Poirot, you have to be good to even get noticed. This not only gets noticed but exceeds expectations significantly.When David Suchet formed the Poirot character he did an absolutely superb job of bringing Hercule Poirot to life, and then he maintained that level of excellence throughout the entire run of shows. Yannick Bisson has achieved the same greatness and produces a flawless rendition of Murdoch, again throughout the run (happily - so far! i.e. it isn't over yet). The supporting cast is far from 'supporting' in both shows. Where Hugh Fraser sustained the somewhat demur character of Captain Hastings, Thomas Craig has done so as the sometimes narrow minded Inspector Brackenreid. Although Poirot lacked female 'power houses' such as Helene Joy, it did have its fair share of 'second ladies'. Murdoch has an abundance of lady leads and plays the combination very well, although at times the convoluted plots lose a lot in trying to string intricate webs around the relationships associated with them. The Hurdoch-Ogden saga was so extrapolated that by the time they finally pulled it together it had spanned some 50 episodes! Ahem.. Although I personally dislike intensely the 'cliff hanger' approach, Murdoch only added this much later on. That isn't to say that I have seemingly gained an admiration for this tactic, but more so a disappointment that they feel it is needed to maintain the viewing figures! FYI: if the show is good, you don't need that! If you start doing it this late on (series 8 really), you yourself are starting to doubt the attraction to the show!In conclusion; this show is a must see for anyone that likes the crime drama, with the relationship angle firmly entrenched from time to time. Also those who like the period dramas, although some of the tenuous links to future inventions, inventors and events are just that; tenuous! It should also appeal to anyone that simply likes a 'comfortable show', it has neither bad language or unnecessary violence, reflects some of the ideologies that were forming at the time and above all is well acted. I would however, being of British extraction, like to point out that some of the Inspectors colloquialisms are actually considered 'foul language' when spoken in the Motherland!