WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

RaspberryLucozade After witnessing several of his friends being forced to travel abroad in search for work, Franc Roddam ( who created the excellent 'Quadrophenia' ) devised a comedy serial about a group of men from varying backgrounds travelling to Germany in search for building work, an idea which was then pitched to writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais ( creators of the classic 'Porridge' ). The result was 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'. Three decades after its original transmission, it still proves enormously popular with viewers and it is not hard to see why - absolutely everything about it is perfect. Its enduring popularity is testament not only to the genius of its creators, but also to its wonderful cast.The first series went out on ITV in late 1983. Three bricklayers - heavy-drinking hard man and Newcastle United supporter Oz Osborne ( Jimmy Nail ), hot-headed Dennis Paterson ( Tim Healy ) and nervous young newlywed Neville Hope ( Kevin Whately ) - all are forced to leave England behind and travel to Dusseldorf to find work on a building site. Upon arrival they find they must share a hut with Bristol born bricklayer and ex-wrestler Bomber Busbridge ( Pat Roach ), Liverpudlian plasterer and arsonist Albert Moxey ( Christopher Fairbank ), gauche Brummie electrician Barry Taylor ( Timothy Spall ) and Cockney ladies man Wayne Norris ( the late Gary Holton ). Over the course of the thirteen-episode run, the 'magnificent seven' ( as they became known ) got to know each other and soon developed a strong affection for one another and conversely viewers at home soon developed a strong affection for the characters. All of them had a grain of truth to them ( don't we all know someone as wild as Oz or someone as gormless and clumsy as Barry ). You could almost say that 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' was a byword for 'male bonding'.Two and a half years later, after plans for a movie version of 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' came to nothing, a second series was made in which the seven all meet up back in England to help Barry renovate his new house. After work on Barry's house is completed, the seven then move on to carry out renovation work on Thornley Manor ( a derelict mansion in the rural countryside ) and then later a villa in Spain for Glaswegian crook Ally Fraser ( Bill Paterson ) of whom Dennis owes a large sum of money to. The second series, I think, was superior to the first, though it was overshadowed by Gary Holton's death from a drugs overdose. Depsite managing to appear in every critical scene, Wayne's absence was still obvious ( in one episode, a body double was used ). A third series was written soon after in which the lads were to re-build the British Embassy but the remaining cast refused to continue with the show after Holton's death ( that and it was declared too expensive to make ), that is until 2002 when the surviving cast members signed up for a BBC1 revival in which the lads, along with Wayne's illegitimate son Wyman ( Noel Clarke ) bought, demolished and sold the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge. I enjoyed the revival, though it still was marred by the absence of Gary Holton.In 2003, the BBC unwisely commissioned a fourth series ( set in Cuba but actually filmed in the Dominican Republic ), which saw Neville being recruited by MI5, Oz falling in love with a ballerina and Dennis forming a relationship with Wyman's mother. By this point it became obvious that Clement and La Frenais were clutching at straws. The following year, 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' concluded with a brilliant two-part special set in Thai-Land, though this too suffered slightly from the death of Pat Roach. The final scene in which Oz, Neville and Dennis - yet again bound for Dusseldorf - gaze at a photo of their younger selves ( as well as the rest of the 'magnificent seven' ) while Joe Fagin's 'Breaking Away' ( used as the opening theme for the first series ) plays over the credits is bound to bring a tear to they eye of any true 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' fan.And that, sadly, is where the story of 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet' ends however its affection from fans has not diminished one jot with the passage of time.To those who may be stumped by my summary, it is a remark made towards Moxey by Oz in the episode 'A Law From The Rich'. Great stuff!

MickyBurns This programme is without doubt the greatest comedy-drama Britian has ever produced in my eyes. There isn't 1 single episode that wont make you laugh and every character is played to perfection with there own style of comedy that you will find it hard not to associate with at least one character. Special mention has to go to Jimmy Nail (Oz) and Timothy Spall (Barry) who are both a constent source of enjoyment to watch. The basics of the whole series is, there all working men in a team travelling around the world looking for work. With episodes about them trying to pull women and getting tattoos when there drunk, to being involved with the police and getting in trouble with gangsters, I can honestly say I can not pick a favourite series because each one is outstanding in its own way. If you haven't seen these before, then your missing out and need to rent the 1st series asap. My thought is you wont be disappointed.

dallarasj OK,neck on the block time.Auf Weidersen Pet was,is and probably always will be one of the best television dramas ever made.Nothing,I think,comes close to matching the all-round quality of the acting,writing and technical proficiency.Quite simply I cannot think of one way the first two series could have been improved.The cast were so believable that you simply forgot they were actors.Jimmy Nail as Oz was one of the funniest and most well rounded characters of that time,although this is no disrespect to the others who were all inspired.What made the series for me was the way it mixed humour and pathos in equal measure.It really would have you crying one minute and laughing the next.Even watching the videos today,the series has not dated at all and I get as much pleasure watching now as I did when it was first on TV.I agree that the later BBc series' were not as good.The original two series were very much a comment on the times and the time for the series had definitely passed.Standing on their own,they were good but the act they had to follow and live up to was,in my opinion,too tough.If you haven't seen either series one or two,do so as soon as possible.Drama this funny,affecting,believable and well-rounded only comes along once in a blue moon so buy and enjoy.

a735_xbb Simply the best British comedy/comedy-drama of all time, nothing more needs to be said. Get it on video, watch it, enjoy it, love it.Sadly, the Series 2 videos have been subject to several copyright cuts and also suffer from some bad editing around the commercial breaks, but that doesn't spoil the enjoyment too much - maybe the cuts will be restored (my fingers are well and truly crossed) for a DVD release.Note: It now appears that due to 'technical problems' (i.e. the poor quality of the original broadcast video tapes) the DVD release has been cancelled indefinitely, so for the moment video tapes are the only format option.