Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

pruiett As a videophile, I love finding series like this gem. When I tuned in to the first episode on Netflix, I turned it off after about 15 minutes when I was introduced to the disrespectful, incompetent receptionist "Elaine." Fortunately, she was replaced with a much more competent and likable/lovable receptionist "Pauline" in the second season. This series like many of the British productions I have reviewed provides engaging entertainment with a minimum of salacious material and scenes.Dr. Martin's aunt "Joan" seems to be there to provide the "warm" grandmotherly presence in the series, but instead is portrayed as a selfish and profane woman of life-long loose morals. The series largely avoids sex scenes (which I appreciate) but the writers thought it convenient to include a gross episode of "Aunt Joan" satisfying her base and selfish instincts with a younger man. Yuk and totally off-putting. Thankfully her character is replaced with "Aunt Ruth," who appears (so far) to be much more palatable as an aunt with some reasonable basis from which to provide guidance to the doctor.The character of Louisa is captivating. She is beautiful and one wonders why still single in her mid 30s. However, she provides a blessing to Doc Martin and their evolving relationship keeps one coming back, cheering for a good outcome. Louisa is absolutely stunning as a bride. Doc Martin definitely got the best part of that bargain!Bert and his son Al are lovable sad sack characters, who always seem to mean well, yet never quite make it to their goals in life. However, they are "there" for just about anyone in need, making them a source of stability for the series.It is always entertaining to watch as the town pharmacist Mrs.Tishell melts and snaps to every time the doctor comes into the shop . . . somewhat like a lieutenant admiring the general every time he enters the room.The only character that is not believable is "PC Joe Penhale." His character is a comical caricature and certainly not a person any town would continue to employ as a peace officer. Not sure why the writers went this way with his character. It is like juxtaposing an otherwise believable clannish town with the antics of the Keystone Kops. Would never happen in real life.I would give this series a 10 for the dramatic interplay of Louisa and Martin alone. But I must subtract a point for dirty "Aunt Joan" and bumbling "PC Penhale."

Kaptain Bluddflagg I started watching this show recently and have thoroughly enjoyed it. The characters are interesting and have a lot of depth, the writing is both sharp and subtle. The only complaints that I have about the show is that the first two receptionists are basically the same character, the second more fleshed out than the first, and they are both horrible, despicable people. So bad, in fact, that I nearly stopped watching because of the second.The only other complaint that I have is that there is very little actual development for the main character. Doctor Ellingham more or less stays exactly the same throughout the whole show, only coming out of his shell to say something about his feelings at precisely the right time to keep his on again off again love interest from fleeing. He doesn't grow as a person as much as he reacts to whatever the latest bit of drama is, and while I love his character I find it hard to believe that he is so incapable of changing. Even a small change would be nice, but then I suspect that the show might have to change its focus a bit too much.All in all, I highly recommend this show, but if you are like me be prepared to be frustrated by irritating assistants and lack of growth from the main character.

George Aar Having just completed viewing every episode of this series, there's some obvious problems with such a program. Number one being, it's impossible for the lead character to exhibit any growth or development, otherwise the whole raison d'etre for the show crumbles.Here you have a humorless, rigid, gruff, by-the-numbers doctor who seems utterly incapable of understanding anyone else's feelings or viewpoint. That's the central point of the whole series, so the doctor can't really change without killing the plot device off. So the show is locked into a ridiculous repetition of the same issues over and over again.But one has to wonder why the prettiest girl in town wants to spend any time with the Doc at all, let alone marry him. And yet they do marry, or try to, then separate and then get together again, then separate, then REALLY get married, and then separate, ad infinitum for no particular reasons whatever. It was kinda cute for the first few seasons, but eventually got really old. You could see the problem the writers had, trying to maintain the sexual tension between the two primary characters, and yet somehow have their relationship progress. And I think they did as well as they could, given what they had to work with. But ultimately it just got pretty silly.The overall lack of realism in the show eventually took it's toll. All the supporting characters in the town were somewhere between hopelessly stupid to the point of pathology to being just plain nuts. "Bert" in particular I found really annoying. No one could be that inept in real life and survive for more than a few hours. And the local constable (played by two different actors to the same effect) shows all of the ability of a retarded Jerry Lewis. Pathetic.So, watch the first couple of seasons, maybe. But the hackneyed plots only get worse with time. And then the Doc Martin movies are pleasant enough, though really lacking in any substance altogether. They show an altogether different Doc, though Martin Clunes is still playing the role. He's a far more likable character in the movies, though the writing is nearly non-existent.

TKBlackburn My rating is 7, because it's a TEN for all previous seasons, but with season 6 the series is going downhill fast.Clearly Doc Martin was meant to have its fairytale happily ever after at the end of season/series 5, castle & all. The END. But now there's suddenly a 2013 6th season/series (just hitting the USA). Why?It's hard to believe the same writer who put together the most poignant ending in season 5 is the same writer of the first episode of season 6. Has he met these characters? The things they do & say don't mesh at all...Martin's blood phobia comes & goes when it's convenient for plot, paying no attention to his character. Dark, sinister plots including sex fiends seem to be the new norm. Bert is now not just a buffoon, but a mean-spirited jerk (at the wedding toward PC Penhale). Louisa is just plodding through her days with an unsatisfying new marriage to a sour-faced doc who no longer experiences any revelations or growth. Ruth is supposed to be intelligent, yet even when she suspects a sex fiend is after her she doesn't do anything about it until she's in mortal peril. In fact, she stupidly leads him right to her house!I never had one negative thing to say about Doc Martin in its first five seasons. It was the perfect beginning, middle & end. I wish I'd never discovered this latest season. Ruined it for me.Don't get me wrong. There are still small moments that are brilliant, but they don't add up to a cohesive, compelling storyline with consistent characters.Perhaps the fact that a new director is attached to all these subpar episodes explains the decline. It's important to pay attention to character nuances & consistencies, yet no one in production seems to understand who these characters are in season 6. Sad.