Steineded How sad is this?

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Mary Norton Until the middle of last season, I would have voted a solid 10. However, the more recent episodes have had uneven scripts and acting. Feel they are reaching and not quite making it.(SPOILER ALERT! With the character changes this season, I see it going downhill already. Very sad.)

blake-36398 We are watching Kenneth Moore's Father Brown series and find it extremely boring. The character he plays has no personality or depth. The stories are slow with no real interest and then all of a sudden he solves the mystery and it is over. The only good thing about the series is that I enjoy recognizing actors in their younger days. Watching these once is enough. I know that it is an old series, but they could have done a bit more with it.

pensman Kenneth More makes for a rather interesting Father Brown. His Brown while a Jesuit is more of a 21st Century humanist rather than a 20th Century priest. He is not so much a deductive reasoner as an inductive one. And he does share a quality with the master of deductive reasoning, Sherlock Holmes, in that he like Holmes does not necessary object that the criminal set his own end rather than wait to be brought to justice. Not quite an appropriate Catholic conviction. While Chesterton wrote 52 stories, this series ended with a mere 13 stories; far too few. And not all of the dramatizations are equally good but More is interesting to watch as a very erudite but self-effacing priest whose interest in puzzles makes him a rather capable detective. Nonetheless, this short but basically well executed series is worth a look. If nothing else it might bring the viewer to become a reader of Chesterton's stories.

boomcoach If, like my wife and myself, you have run through the BBC's various Christie series, these are a good find. They are a bit dated, but I prefer a good story to a click production. More is an excellent Father Brown, soft-spoken, witty, but sharp and persistent.These stories are from a bit earlier in the mystery genre than most adaptations, and this dates the series as much as the productions. Chesterfield's stories tend to be more "howdunit" than "whodunit", with the focus less on the characters than on the murder itself. This can be a problem, at times, but it can be very good, especially when combined with good characters.