All Critics articles – Page 157

  • China: Triumph and Turmoil
    Comment

    13 Mar '12

    2012-03-13T11:56:00Z

    “The content is fascinating and timely but the delivery is infuriating.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • THE LOVE MACHINE
    Comment

    12 Mar '12

    2012-03-12T10:37:00Z

    “Deeply shallow, humiliating, sometimes even cruel, and based on absolutely nothing at all but looks. I think I like it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • white_heat
    Comment

    9 March '12

    2012-03-09T11:40:00Z

    “If you’re in the market for a nostalgic soap it should do the trick.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • WONDERLAND: GRANNY’S MOVING IN
    Comment

    8 Mar '12

    2012-03-08T12:04:00Z

    “This funny-sad, honest, necessarily invasive film was Paddy Wivell’s second admirable Wonderland documentary in eight days.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • dirk_gently
    Comment

    6 March '12

    2012-03-06T10:19:00Z

    “An entertaining romp, which I fear might fall between rocks.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Orbit
    Comment

    5 Mar' 12

    2012-03-05T10:08:00Z

    “The approach here is to promise to tell us something fascinating before cutting to something utterly unrelated.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • make_bradford_british
    Comment

    2 March '12

    2012-03-02T10:43:00Z

    “The film showed how even a small degree of racial prejudice can cause huge distress.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • two_jews_on_a_cruise
    Comment

    1 Mar '12

    2012-03-01T10:31:00Z

    “A smashing film about nothing more than one couple’s marriage, and nothing less either.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Horizon: The Truth About Exercise
    Comment

    29 Feb '12

    2012-02-29T10:49:00Z

    “It was pacey, strikingly filmed and good-humoured”. Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Empire
    Comment

    28 Feb '12

    2012-02-28T11:27:00Z

    “An authored documentary should have something to say and Paxman’s did.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Comment

    27 Feb '12

    2012-02-27T15:06:00Z

    “The remade Upstairs Downstairs is never going to be capable of carrying the weight Thomas seems determined to place on it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • prisoners_wives
    Comment

    22 Feb '12

    2012-02-22T10:30:00Z

    “Naff, operatic and entirely guessable in one way but believable and entirely watchable in many others.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • My Social Network Stalker
    Comment

    21 Feb '12

    2012-02-21T09:56:00Z

    “It compounded her exposure unnecessarily.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Homeland
    Comment

    20 Feb '12

    2012-02-20T10:08:00Z

    “It is sophisticated television, but easy to engage with.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • A_dad_is_born
    Comment

    17 Feb '12

    2012-02-17T10:04:00Z

    “By concentrating exclusively on the male experience, director Kira Phillips produced something genuinely new.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Daddy Daycare
    Comment

    16 Feb '11

    2012-02-16T11:12:00Z

    “Absentee fathers are a genuine social issue and well worth investigation, but Daddy Daycare managed to avoid anything of any depth.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
    Comment

    15 Feb '12

    2012-02-15T12:03:00Z

    “They come out of it as they come out of their carriages - fabulously. Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Storyville: If A Tree Falls
    Comment

    14 Feb '12

    2012-02-14T11:20:00Z

    “I was sympathetic, without being surprised by the treatment dished out.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Home of the Future
    Comment

    13 Feb '12

    2012-02-13T10:26:00Z

    “It seems to be a case of people inventing things because they can.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Inside Men
    Comment

    10 Feb '12

    2012-02-10T10:00:00Z

    “Well-written, well-acted and kept me guessing.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.