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The Darling Buds of May (1991)
Very nice and wonderful show
The review by "anonymous_00713" really missed the boat. It's understandable like people who really like a movie then read the book it was based on and don't like the book! The thing is they are two totally different creatures. You can only fit a short story into a feature film length so a novel will get very condensed as a movie or only a small section of the novel will be made into the film.
The series DBM is very accurate to the book, the movie he is referring to is "the Mating Game" and it's a very american 50's type of film. It took inspiration and not much else from the original story. It even changes most of the children's names.
So to clear up some things he points out that are kind of understandable for an american (I am one also). The US has paid income taxes since Prohibition. It was part of the trade because before that liquor taxes paid most of the federal budget. England on the other hand only paid income taxes starting after WWII. He doesn't want to pay taxes because he doesn't want to and has never really had to. That of course would make no sense in the US in the 50's
IF the reviewer had actually paid attention to the show he would know this because it is explained. His second point also points out that he didn't pay attention because the daughter is NOT pregnant, she just thinks she might be. AND this was a british TV show and "family fair" in uptight USA is not the same as "family fair" in the UK. The big difference is that in the US showing someone rip a body to shreds with a weapon is "family fair" and any hint of sexuality is not and in the UK it is pretty much the exact opposite.
Don't mean this to be a review of a review but that "review" was SO misleading.
This show is very good with outstanding acting and great writing. If you are extremely prudish you might find the less than puritan view of life love and sexuality might offend your sensibilities. For the rest of us this is way tamer than many shows now broadcast in the US.
VERY HIGHLY RECOMENDED
Beautiful Creatures (2000)
Not bad, a british version of goodby lover sort of...
This film reminds me of Bound or Goodbye Lover but with an british ala Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels style. It was entertaining ,not great but good, with a fair number of twists. 3 1/2 stars out of five.