I enjoyed this, with some reservations.
Its not a patch on the book - it is a different thing, feels different. The book is laugh out loud funny, I barely laughed watching this. What came across as humour in the book came across as very dark sarcasm here.
That said, its watchable. I enjoyed it, mostly. Some of the characters are well formed and played well.
Ben Whishaw's character is interesting but surely too downbeat for people to want to be around him at all?
Its very dark, with a few shards of light keeping it bearable. Theres not an awful lot of hope - everyone is at their wits end with no sign of things getting better.
Probably the best thing I've seen on BBC for quite some time.
Its not a patch on the book - it is a different thing, feels different. The book is laugh out loud funny, I barely laughed watching this. What came across as humour in the book came across as very dark sarcasm here.
That said, its watchable. I enjoyed it, mostly. Some of the characters are well formed and played well.
Ben Whishaw's character is interesting but surely too downbeat for people to want to be around him at all?
Its very dark, with a few shards of light keeping it bearable. Theres not an awful lot of hope - everyone is at their wits end with no sign of things getting better.
Probably the best thing I've seen on BBC for quite some time.