Fantastic!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

This 'comedy series' is pure cult-Marx goodthink propaganda promulgating CATHEDRAL attitudes and values towards immigration, Muslims, gun-control, 'reactionary buffoons' and so much more. It's quite fun to watch and play PC bingo. Using the following 4 categories. Watch with a friend or loved one or as a group and shout 'BINGO' followed by one of the following 5 categories, as appropriate. Freeze the video and make your case to the other players.The winner has the highest score at the end of the episode. 1) Goodthink Social Attitude 2) Clichéd 'stupid' white male 3) Immigration puff piece 4) Evil boilerplate Reactionary 5) Magic virtuous minority....enjoy!

This is British comedy at its best,lots of double entendres and comic characters.Rownan Atkinsons delivery is a delight.Inspecter Grims raves and rants about the boredom of his job are classic, hoping to catch a big time criminal but just not being able to do it.Mina antiwar is good as young police woman who is fancied by Kevin Goody a hopeless young policeman, who is very camp.Inspector Fowlers love life with Sgt Dawkins is the source of much amusement, as his idea of fun in the bedroom is to read a Biggles book or reminisce about meccanno. Rudolf Walker co stars as old copper full of amusing stories which always seem to side track Inspector Fowler.So do yourself a favour and watch the thin blue line

This is Ben Elton's homage to Croft & Perry's 'Dad's Army'. the very first episode shows Inspector Fowler coming out of a shop called Mainwaring's, looking very similar to Hodges in his ARP helmet. As the series progresses and the characters develop, you can see the similarities to the characters of Captain Mainwaring (Fowler) Pikey (goody) and Jonesey (Gladsone). Ben Elton makes a cameo appearance as a new age traveller in the first series. Although there are bound to be comparisons made with Blackadder, these are unfair as they are both in differrent classes. However, there are obvious similarities in the topical satire and digs at modern establishment. Fowler is not incompetent, nor do his staff make him appear to be so. in fact, they very rarely get it wrong in the pursuit of justice. (except when they arrested the wrong carol singers). The episode on Sir Paul Condon's press release, racism and asylum seekers ( Ism Ism Ism) was particularly relevant to the times, not to mention hilarious (Fowler pretending to be an asylum seeking martian)

Sorry to be contrary, but this one is a stinker, Atkinson.It's one of those frustrating things. You know when a supermodel picks you up in a bar and drags you back to her lush 10 million pound apartment, mixes you the best rum and coke you can imagine and then, as she kicks her shoes off, you note that she has 8inch long toenails and hairy feet like a hobbit..? Yeah? This should have been SOOOOOO good. Atkinson is a comedy genius. Though I do not like Bean, I recognise it is very well done. I love Blackadder and he makes that. The supporting cast are also exemplary. David Haid as Grim is as excellent as the script allows him to be.Mina Anwar and James Dreyfus were newcomers at the time and you could see that they were going to make it. Dreyfus has to a degree with Gimme, Gimme, Gimme. It mystifies me why Anwar hasn't yet hit big, probably not getting the roles that would allow her to.Maybe it's me. I just don't like mild comedies like this and Last of the Summer Wine.