Prime Suspect 1
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Movie Review: Prime Suspect: unique
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutelly fantastic. "Prime Suspect" is unique, in one word. And it works on my DVD player (Region 4).Movie Review: Prime Suspect 1 and 2
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the very best series I've ever seen. It is addictive in the best possible way.Movie Review: Made me want to hurl things at the screen
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of those series that I hated, but not because it wasn't good. In fact, I'm pretty sure that annoyance was one of the things the producers were aiming for. Unlike other mysteries with women leads (Blue Murder and Murder in Suburbia, to name two), DCI Jane Tennison is not accepted as head of the investigation when she takes over. The police force is still very sexist, and the show highlights this at every turn. It's infuriating to watch, though probably still very true of many places today. So perhaps it's a little preachy, teaching the lesson of equality and all, but it's good that it's out there to show what it was like for women trying to climb into a man's world, and not sugar-coating it.
The mystery itself was very well done. It'll have you second-guessing your second-guesses, and there are plenty of false leads and mis-information. My only complaint is not as much with the show as it is with the CDs. All four episodes are the same story, and I don't understand why they wouldn't have fit on one disk. It would have been better to have all four episodes on the first disk, so you could just play it all the way through, and all the extras on the other disk, to watch if you wanted. Instead they have two episodes and some special features on each disk. A minor annoyance, and I didn't deduct from the rating for it, but it was something I disliked.
If you like gritty police crime dramas, this is a show for you. It's outspoken and doesn't pull any punches.
Movie Review: Fight fire with fire...? It does work for her...
Summary: 4 Stars
OK, let's take a 50-something, not-so-pretty lady. Let's make her a top crime unit detective. Let's make her drink, smoke, sleep with married men, and give hell to her male colleagues and superiors. Finally, let's make her the heroin of a TV series. OK, at that point you know you're not in the US anymore... And you're right. Welcome to the BBC and to one very real[istic] detective show. Helen Mirren is one a few actresses that could make you care about such an anti-hero character. And she does. Her uncompromising, in-your-face ways are primarily aimed at putting an end to the activities of very, very bad guys. And we do like her ways in that context. We are even prepared to take the emotional package that comes with them. The "Prime Suspect" series is neither suitable for kids, nor young or faint-of-heart adults. But it provides other interested viewers with a prime window on the professional and personal pressures of those who combat the most heinous types of crime. This type of TV show is one of the reasons why the BBC has often been copied but never really matched.Movie Review: Classic mystery, no major flaws
Summary: 4 Stars
I think the serial killer plot has been done to death, but back when the Prime Suspect series started, it didn't seem tired.
It was very enjoyable to see this program again, so long after it was on television. My only complaint is that it is a bit too long. I think the editing could be tighter. But the plot and the acting can't be faulted.
As all the men on the detective squad are so "shocked" at a woman being put in charge of an investigation -- this aspect of the movie seems very dated now.
Contrary to another reviewer, I found the DVD quality very good. This was made for TV and one cannot expect the same vivid image of a theatrical feature. Two dual-layer discs for a 210 minute program certainly provides sufficient data rate.
Personally, I don't think this has good replay value, unless you intend to wait another ten years to watch it again. As such, the product seems overpriced to me. This is probably a better candidate for a rental.