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DVD : Marion And Geoff - Series 1 [2000]
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Rating: 
- Great idea but is it comedy?
The best I could muster watching this was an odd smile. Brydon's performance is brilliant and the writing is excellent but this show is not very funny. If it is a comedy then it is the blackest I've ever seen. Watching somebody who is obviously a bit slow go through a heart breaking divorce, separation from his kids and generally get kicked around and not even trying to fight back is if anything a bit disturbing. Would give 5 if it was drama but just find hard to find funny which I think is the point of comedy. Am I missing something?
Rating:
- Utterly peerless intelligent comedy
Keith is a mini-cab driver. His life is awful, lonely and sad. Yet he fails to realise it and remains optimistic about the direction of his life. Much of the story is Keith talking to the audience through a mini-camera in his car, telling of what he has been through and how his life has come out the way it has.
Full of hope that he can see his 'little smashers' following divorce; Keiths story is both beautiful scripted and immaculately delivered. It delves from occasional comedy to bleak introspection and surprises with some genuinely moving moments. The limited set of Keiths car is surprisingly not as restrictive as you might think with different locations creating an appropriate mood for each segment of the story.
If you are looking for a slightly unusual and intelligent comedy then this is an excellent choice. If you come expecting straight gags then it is not.
Rating:
- disappointing
I hadn't heard of this series before I bought it and frankly I can see why. While trying hard to imitate the popular comedy doc it falls short. I found the whole thing boring and not funny. The main character just doesn't have the comedy timing needed to pull of this tragi/comic one man show. Falls short of expectations. You feel more sorry for the actor than the character he's playing.
Rating: - I don't know why I like it I just do
It took me about a year to realise that the title of this programme was the name of Keith's ex wife and new husband, for ages I thought it was his name with his ex wife.
If you haven't seen this, then when you first watch it, you will think..... What! Stick with it, Keith's banal, bizarre, odd comments are brilliant. It will have you in stitches, and then scratching your head. It is "Smashing"
Rating: - "I like him. You can't help it if you like someone"
And you can't help but like Keith Barret, a minicab driver originally fromCardiff. A minicab driver who is a failure in every way. He has lost hiswife Marion and "little smashers" Rhys and Alun to Marion's coworkerGeoff, now lives in a student flat and has never picked up a fare in hiscab in London.
The performance from Rob Brydon is what should attract you to this darkcomedy series. The comic timing is not matched by any TV sitcom star,exemplified in gags like "These sleeping policemen . . . I'm not againstthem, I would never say that, I mean if they only save one life . . .probably not very cost effective." Plenty more lines like that, and someastute observations on everyday life which all great comedies include. "Icould browse in Smiths - half an hour" I haven't told you all the bestbits so don't worry - buy it and you'll see.
- Great idea but is it comedy?The best I could muster watching this was an odd smile. Brydon's performance is brilliant and the writing is excellent but this show is not very funny. If it is a comedy then it is the blackest I've ever seen. Watching somebody who is obviously a bit slow go through a heart breaking divorce, separation from his kids and generally get kicked around and not even trying to fight back is if anything a bit disturbing. Would give 5 if it was drama but just find hard to find funny which I think is the point of comedy. Am I missing something?
Rating:
- Utterly peerless intelligent comedyKeith is a mini-cab driver. His life is awful, lonely and sad. Yet he fails to realise it and remains optimistic about the direction of his life. Much of the story is Keith talking to the audience through a mini-camera in his car, telling of what he has been through and how his life has come out the way it has.
Full of hope that he can see his 'little smashers' following divorce; Keiths story is both beautiful scripted and immaculately delivered. It delves from occasional comedy to bleak introspection and surprises with some genuinely moving moments. The limited set of Keiths car is surprisingly not as restrictive as you might think with different locations creating an appropriate mood for each segment of the story.
If you are looking for a slightly unusual and intelligent comedy then this is an excellent choice. If you come expecting straight gags then it is not.
Rating:
- disappointingI hadn't heard of this series before I bought it and frankly I can see why. While trying hard to imitate the popular comedy doc it falls short. I found the whole thing boring and not funny. The main character just doesn't have the comedy timing needed to pull of this tragi/comic one man show. Falls short of expectations. You feel more sorry for the actor than the character he's playing.
Rating:
- I don't know why I like it I just doIt took me about a year to realise that the title of this programme was the name of Keith's ex wife and new husband, for ages I thought it was his name with his ex wife.
If you haven't seen this, then when you first watch it, you will think..... What! Stick with it, Keith's banal, bizarre, odd comments are brilliant. It will have you in stitches, and then scratching your head. It is "Smashing"
Rating:
- "I like him. You can't help it if you like someone"And you can't help but like Keith Barret, a minicab driver originally fromCardiff. A minicab driver who is a failure in every way. He has lost hiswife Marion and "little smashers" Rhys and Alun to Marion's coworkerGeoff, now lives in a student flat and has never picked up a fare in hiscab in London.
The performance from Rob Brydon is what should attract you to this darkcomedy series. The comic timing is not matched by any TV sitcom star,exemplified in gags like "These sleeping policemen . . . I'm not againstthem, I would never say that, I mean if they only save one life . . .probably not very cost effective." Plenty more lines like that, and someastute observations on everyday life which all great comedies include. "Icould browse in Smiths - half an hour" I haven't told you all the bestbits so don't worry - buy it and you'll see.