Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Beautiful, moving film.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

I really enjoyed this show, it had its twists and turns and the way it was filmed made it seem as though everyone was a suspect. Sometimes the acting was a bit cheesy, as is most UK films, however, I sure did not guess the ending and it made it worth watching.

This show is OK but it's a bit much in the end. Some of the acting work isn't quite top notch and there's so many twists, on top of twists on top of other twists, so they are not all expected which I like but at a point it's all just a bit too much and too contrived. I will try it again though if it comes back.

I'm amazed that so many people have slated this series.I'm a pretty discerning viewer, with high standards in regard to production values, quality of writing directing and performance, and overall technical and artistic excellence. I'm a stickler for detail, violently object to having my intelligence as a viewer insulted, and am very critical of everything that I watch. But after avoiding this series (due to bad reviews) for some time, I eventually decided to watch it, expecting the worst.Perhaps, then, my lowered expectations were partly responsible for me enjoying it so much. It certainly wasn't perfect, but I was gripped from beginning to end, and was very well satisfied with the overall quality of the production and all the elements I listed earlier.I did feel that the last episode was a little rushed, and rather desperately flailed around trying to tie-up all the various narrative threads, but it was a satisfying (if somewhat predictable) conclusion.My main concern before watching, having read numerous comments and reviews about it, was Michael C. Hall's accent. I have been a huge fan of his through Six Feet Under and Dexter, but had very low expectations of him being able to pull-off a convincing British accent. (Americans doing bad British accents is also a big pet peeve of mine!)So I was frankly astonished at how well he did it. I am British, and speak with basically the same accent as his character. He sounded just like me, consistently and throughout, apart from two very brief and minor slips - neither of which would have betrayed him as an American (more likely a Brit with a regional accent who's had elocution lessons to sound less provincial).Anyone knocking his accent in this is either just looking for ways to attack and fixing on an obvious target (though an unwarranted one) or else is unable to properly recognise or analyse accents because of their own poor ear for such things.In my opinion, this was very much an above average series, and Hall was fabulous in it.

I watched it all. Some episodes were great and had you looking forward to the next, others dragged on. All in all, it was just above average but I do feel the acting was good, and I enjoyed the setting. There are a lot of plots and subplots running around and as ever, everyone seems to be connected in some way. The final reveal just wasn't enough to convince me the whole plot was worth it, however. As a Brit with an accent similar to Michael C Hall, can I just say his accent was EXCELLENT! Genuinely, I have never heard an American actor do it better and I have seen many films and countless series. Overall quite gripping in parts if you like British murder mysteries but not one of the best of its kind in the genre- too many unbelievable occurrences.