HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

bradgad I believe the highest praise that one can give to a work of imagination (book, movie, series, painting, etc.) is that "it rearranges your mental furniture." That is, you view things differently after experiencing the work.And -- as a downwardly mobile lower highbrow from the upper middle class -- I find that this happens, for me, with roughly approximate frequency between cannonical works (classic novels, great symphonies, etc.) and pieces from popular culture (good movies, fun series, the occasional computer game or web site).Slings & Arrows is definitely in this class. It is a best-of-breed collection of work. The writing, the acting, the production... All are essentially faultless. (I don't find the castng faultless.. I have some quibbles there.) Some works rearrange on's mental furniture by subversion, by making you rethink things (like, David Lynch movies would be a good example). Slings and Arrows isn't like that... there's nothing subversive about it. Instead, it rearranges by enlarging... I gives an enlarged sense of the actor's craft, of the enduring value of Shakespeare, and ways people can be people.It's not epic, it's not mind-blowing, it's just really really good. Really.Annn-nnnd... Why Paul Gross is not an A-list, top-billing, Oscar-winning actor.... I dunno. Some smart scriptwriter really should write a movie that features him and Tom Hanks as brothers in a complex relationship.

Gregory Dietrich If you're a theatre junkie or have ever been involved in theatre then this show is for you. It's a blast to watch the "behind the scenes" drama of a theatre troupe and it's extremely well written and well executed. It seems as though the producers were completely unable to come up with anything but amazing cast members and the writers seem incapable of creating anything less than great "dramedy" (not a big fan of the word but it fits). The acting is sublime (really just wanted a chance to use the word sublime...just mean that the character interpretations are fantastic and the commitment of the actors to these neurotic characters makes the whole thing believable...this is awfully long or a parenthetic statement isn't it?) I would highly recommend that anyone check it out if they can because I could be wrong about it appealing mainly to a niche audience. I just found it recently while channel surfing and I can't get enough. I might even buy the DVD's even though they're a little pricey for the number of episodes.

garyc-16 having been raised by a TV -- it was my only sibling, my only parent -- i can safely say that this is the best television i've ever seen. yes, hyperbole, but intercourse the penguin. as a writer (yes, a real one, whatever that means) i tell you that this series is more better than most movies i've seen. no one is more shocked than me. American movies have degenerated into corporate "events" that bore the parenthetical excretions out of me, and dare i say everyone else. Hollywood, please take notice: honesty and creativity work; no $100M SFX budget is required to make us care. Shakespeare didn't write for money. no, he didn't. oh, ultimate spoiler: Shakespeare was really Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. i capitalize out of respect, and for our neglect. our apologies, Edward. you are the master.-osric

apban I discovered this show a few weeks ago and it really is as others have said a real gem.The first two episodes of season one do well in introducing the characters and the situation that the festival finds itself in with failing Shakespeare productions. But it's the third episode were Geoffrey is in charge of the festival that the series really begins to pick up pace and because it is a six episode series the series is therefore focused on one main plot which is the problems they face performing Hamlet. But while that is the constant theme it's the problems that the characters face that is the most interesting.My favourite scenes are those that are either centred around Ellen and Geoffrey or Geoffrey and Oliver or even Geoffrey trying to deal with anyone. Paul Gross is absolutely fantastic as Geoffrey as he is a great comic actor. He seems to walk the fine line of Geoffrey being mad and begin very big, character wise but Gross always seems to rein it back to the right level each time and in the first episode I was sort of sitting around waiting for Geoffrey to return.Martha Burns as Ellen the ageing diva is also brilliant and her diva ways of turning up late and her self centeredness is of a childish nature that she is just a great comical character. I love it when she's doing a show or clearly wants someone to go away that she'll yell at them and then calmly say that she's stressed or nervous.The constant fighting between Ellen and Geoffrey but the undeniable chemistry between the two is great to watch (but that wouldn't be hard since Gross and Burns are real life husband and wife.) At the begin the barbs they throw at each other or more often than not just releases of tension and they each let it roll off their backs, kind of like kids in the playground. That is until the last episode of season one were they talk to each other like adults and begin to resolve the issue of why Geoffrey left. Once that is resolved when we come back for season two they are back to just throwing off handed barbs to each other and the attraction between the two is rekindled. Although they do then have problems when Oliver returns.I like that the issue of whether or not Geoffrey is insane or that Oliver is a ghost is questioned and Geoffrey's concern and refusal to be insane and looking like fool again is actually quite serious and I like that it effects his relationship with Ellen and that she talk to Henry about it, even though that is somewhat a betrayal but she's concerned about him and admits she doesn't know how to deal with it. I wonder when it returns for the final series if Oliver will return because Geoffrey does say to Oliver at the end of season two that it's over and he doesn't want him to haunt him anymore. If Oliver does return I hope there are some scenes were Ellen and Geoffrey talk about it and his mental state.I just want to mention Jennifer Irwin as Holly Day who is absolutely superb as the bitch who intends to turn the Festival into one big souvenir store and stage musicals. But because she is so fantastic I now find myself skipping her parts because the character of Holly is so spin chillingly annoying that I just want reach into the screen and kill her. The whole seasons you are just wanting for her to get her comeuppance and hopefully to also be run over by a pig truck.I'm looking forward to the third but sadly last season of the show, but the best thing about the show is you can tell that the writers did plan where the season was going to go and character and plot development are hugely benefited by that. Also the show flows easily into it's second season which is also helped by that fact that the show has one director, Peter Wellington.