Movie Reviews for Clatterford: The Complete Season One

Clatterford: The Complete Season One

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Movie Reviews of Clatterford: The Complete Season One

Movie Review: Clatterford is Top Notch!
Summary: 5 Stars

If you like British comedy, "Clatterford" is for you. It's not Benny Hill or Monty Python, but sharp, witty and wonderfully written.

Movie Review: Don't Expect AbFab
Summary: 4 Stars

I saw the English broadcast of this series and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a heartwarming view of small village life complete with all of the quirky types of characters you might expect. Think Calendar Girls, with its focus on the local Women's Institute (called the Women's Guild in Clatterford). I read one review that aptly compared it to Northern Exposure. The BBC has done the series as much harm as good by promoting it as "by the creator of Absolutely Fabulous," Jennifer Saunders. This is not AbFab and one shouldn't expect anything like that. But Jennifer Saunders continues to be a master at taking common events, situations, or conversations and embellishing them to the brink of absurdity. This series can provide plenty of smiles, but don't expect hilarity. It wasn't written that way.

Movie Review: All Things Wise & Wonderful
Summary: 4 Stars

I think a better comparison for this comedy of eccentric characters in the dales is not "Absolutely Fabulous" but James Herriot's long-running series. Both rely on subtle understatement, occasional laugh-out-loud situations and a fondness for the foibles of the human condition. There are characters-a-plenty in Clatterford, from a vainglorious vicar to a multiple-personality simpleton to a wannabe hippie whose yurt goes mouldy. Everybody copes with everyone else the best they can, which is a marvelous lesson for us all. The cast really inhabit their roles, and you'll remember the characters they bring to life long after the gossamer plots have dissolved in your brain.

Movie Review: Delightful
Summary: 4 Stars

This series is full of understated humour and character driven stories, which may turn off AbFab fans and those expecting French & Saunders like theatrics. I say give it a chance. This series is sweet and funny. The series is filled with great actresses and the writing is done well. I can see members of my own local churches women's fellowship in each of these characters. It may seem like a mundane series, but it really showcases small town life and the women in them, funnier and better than any reality show could. I really grew to love this show and I can't wait to purchase series two.