the audience applauded

Fantastic!

Blistering performances.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The Night Manager is an elegant well acted film, on all levels, drawing us in until its very last moments. Bravo!

A very lavish production like The Night Manager should have done a serious effort and try to go beyond the usual Bondesque hero-vs.-ruthless-baddie and rescue-the-girl story. The beautiful cinematography and the exotic locations don't save the show from sounding so untrue for most of the time. It is a pity that a great actor like Hugh Laurie ends up with such a cliché villain. And Tom Hiddleston's character is particularly unconvincing, I'm afraid, though he tries his best to make it appealing. It would have been a great show in 1965.

This is just dross ala Turks and Caicos TV series from a while back. Poor editing , the shallowest of character development and a plot that takes the suspension of reality way beyond that new spiral galaxy they've just found. Huddleston (or whatever his name is) is able to bang every chick he comes into contact with, despite them being arm candy for extremely dangerous characters. He goes from a Hotel Desk Night Manager to a super duper fighting machine in one overnight shift, yet still retains his empathy for an overly cute little English kid (and I can't stand overly cute English kids). Despite the makeover he shows no charisma whatsoever and yet he charms and hoodwinks all of the nasty characters around him with a flat personality and the slimmest of background alibis. Heck even I would have rooted him out! As for the women in this cast, I don't think I've EVER seen such a wholesale casting mistake in anything I've watched. They are, without exception, wooden ,shallow vessels just thrown in as filler for this memoryfoam pillow of a movie. If the feminists want a cause to fire up the troops, then they should go after the casting director and the scriptwriters of this project and have them removed from society.From stem to stern the female acting in this series is nothing short of awful, the only qualification seems to be that most of them were prepared to flash a bit of nudity whenever it wasn't required.Phew ! And I'm only on season one! Should I force myself to endure the subsequent seasons or should I use my common sense and realize there's no hope for redemption? I think you all know the answer, you'll find me watching Jeopardy reruns if you're looking for me. Cheers BillC

SEASON 01:The British television series has a special status in me. Usually they won't disappoint me, particularly one under the banner of the BBC. I was expecting it, and also it took time for me to give it a try. After so many months delay, I finally saw and liked it. One of the best secret intelligence-thriller. When it comes to the basic narrative, there's nothing new. You know it's a man was sent to get close to the international criminal and pass all the details to the security agency. Yeah, it's that simple, yet a bit differently done in here.It is a mini-series with six episodes and each one was like an individual film in a spy film franchise. Yeah, that would have not been a bad idea. Surely it would have been one of the best films of its kind. Anyway, the narration shifts its locations all over the world in each episode. There's no preserved secret in the tale, everything was told in a straightforward narration. But comes to the point whenever it needed. Then what makes it so powerful is the performances, especially all the lead ones, including, Tom Hiddleton, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivian Colman and a few others.The night manager in one of the leading hotels in Cairo unexpectedly gets into an international criminal affair. But he escapes unhurt, except hurt in the heart. Following that, a few years later on the different part of the world, again he meets the same gang and this time he tries to do the right thing. The plan is to infiltrate and collect all the information. He succeeds in getting in, but what are the challenges he is going to face are the remaining suspense parts told.Liked the casting, locations, the making was awesome. Looks very carefully carved product. Highest budget television product from the BBC till date and it all paid off back with the great recognition all around. The details are good, it took time to get everything right, otherwise it would have been 3-4 episode series. It won three Golden Globes, three BAFTA and two Emmies. Almost recognised in all the important sections as it deserved for awards. If you love television series, then this one is not to be missed. The same old theme, concept, but brilliantly reshaped with fine actors and in locations with music and all. Recommended!8/10