How Not to Live Your Life
How Not to Live Your Life
| 12 August 2008 (USA)

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    ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.
    Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life
    DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.
    Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
    razzzor-1 I watched the first 3 episodes and realised I hadn't laughed a single time. Not once. I'm very surprised at all the great reviews it's had. Dan Clarke just isn't that funny, or likable as his character Don (who's most likely probably just Dan playing himself). He's just not relate-able to the common male audience. I found myself rooting for Karl, who likely represents the average viewer more than Don. He was the geeky nice guy that got the hot girl, while her complete jerk of flatmate lies and does immoral acts, sometimes right in front of Carl, to win her over.You can do a complete ass but keep it funny and likable, so Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm or Ricky Gervais on The Office. But Dan Clarke doesn't make it work here.The "5 things" is never funny - it's sort of like some of those "Whose Line Is It Anyway" skits where they take an object and think of funny things to do with it. Except on this show, they just aren't funny.The rest of the cast seems pretty talentless when it comes to comedy. They're just "there" as extras while Dan provides the only humour, rather than becoming their own character.The one thing I thought showed promise in the first episode was the interactive between Dan and his boss. That seemed to only last one episode and ended the only bit of interesting interaction between characters.I'm amazed this is still going strong at 4 seasons. Perhaps it gets better as the seasons move along, as comedy often does, though I'm not sure where the story could possibly go when you only have one person attempting to provide all the humour.
    BowlOfCereal I really can't believe how BBC Three decided to cancel this show after three seasons. They're definitely mental in the face. I've seen A LOT of comedy shows in my life, almost none of those could make me even smile. Some did of course, but these are shows that are regarded as the best ever made (Seinfeld, Chappelle's Show etc.). A feature a lot of sitcoms share, is that they're fun to watch, and are made interesting because by adding drama, but if you want a laugh, you're probably better of watching Dara O'Briain. I happened to come across this show and watched only five minutes after which I knew there will probably be nothing better on TV on all +200 channels. At this moment I watched, and enjoyed every episode. In the first season, it is made clear very quickly that Dan Clark is a comedy genius. Despite having a terrible cast (apart from David Armand), Clark was able to write a show so full of creative, unorthodox jokes, that the focus is only kept on him and Armand, while the other characters are only used to add some emotion to show. After one season, the cast changes however, taking an amazing turn for the better. With Laura Haddock, who is both funny and good looking, the writers are able to write hilarious banter between her and Clark, giving the show one star, and two great actors in supporting roles. The somewhat bad parts of the show, like a lack of decent minor characters, are so easily camouflaged by great writing, and the great chemistry between Clark and Armand, and Clark and Haddock. And I'll repeat: I can't believe how this show has been canceled, either a lack of marketing by the network, or just a network full of idiots. Everyone who's watched this, show can consider him/herself lucky for experiencing the great everyday phrases with Clark's twist like, insane in the mind, mental in the face, gaymen, roundhouse in the prick, and so on. I will definitely be on the lookout for future work of Dan Clark, as I'm sure it will be another piece of genius.
    btotheeck This comedy show is great and breaks away from the "norm". The first season is a bit quirky, but once you get to know the characters, they really surprise me how well they somehow mesh together. I think that the first couple seasons were spent developing the characters and the direction their stories will take. Season 4 is fantastic and everything seems to come together because while almost every episode poses some random challenge or oddity, the simple back story still develops and has really progressed in this season. There seems to be a trend of the negative reviewers of this show in that they are all over- analyzing and taking things way too seriously for a comedy. It's supposed to be funny, not intriguing and mystifying. "You gotta think with your balls" as Don would say.
    bazmac7 I don't understand how the BBC can axe the wonderful 'Pulling' and then re-commission this dross. But then I see that others find it funny - humour is a strange business. Personally I think Dan Clark, who I'm told is a talented stand-up, doesn't tick one box as an actor. The scripts I find laboured and smug - I especially dislike the '3 things/5 things' segments which always leave me utterly stony-faced. David Armand has his moments, but can't help wondering if he wasn't going home after work each day and crying into his pillow wishing he was back with Donna, Karen and Louise. The daft thing is, I hate it so much I almost find it compelling - I suppose that's how people feel about the twins on X-Factor.