Reviews

I don't know why but before I watched this movie at first I thought it was a spoof, then a few minutes in I realized it was trying to be a serious horror movie. It started out pretty good and got creepy quickly, but it got slow in the middle and the ending was too predictable. I fell asleep at least once during the movie and had to rewind. That's not terribly unusual for me as I was watching it on a lazy Sunday afternoon, but then I saw a couple other reviewers also said they also got sleepy. The acting was pretty good and I guess that's the movie's biggest string, but the plot was weak and there wasn't any character development. You never learn enough about the characters to care about them.

The idea of doing an episode in America was terrible. The whole show is about the British legal system. When they tried to do an episode about the legal system in America it was unfair and inaccurate. It's like they thought this poor guy wrongly accused of a crime could not find a good lawyer anywhere in America and had to borrow one all the way from England. It's like they think America is a third-world country where nobody can get a fair trial. Plus the depiction of Americans was offensive. The acting was very bad too. Many of the Americans had ridiculous fake accents and it seemed they all wore red white and blue hats. It reminded me of once when I went into a "American" style restaurant in London; there were American flags everywhere and terribly bad copies of American dishes. Really, the show producers should be ashamed.

I discovered The Clinic online and watched the first two seasons. Season 2 ends with a major emotional cliff-hanger. I'd really like to see the other 5 seasons and wish they would make them available in some form or other. As another reviewer noted this show is about the personal relationships of the workers within a clinic in Ireland. The clinic is in a large old home that has been purchased by a fairly young couple who are doctors (Ed and Cathy). Dr. Ed was an assistant to an older doctor who ran the practice previously and he and his wife bought out the business and the old house when the older doctor passed away. However, the original doctor's widow still lives in the basement while the new couple lives in the upstairs flat, which is only one source of tension within the clinic. The other staff vary's a little from season to season, but there is another GP, a physical therapist, a counselor (who at some point or other gets to hear the problems of all his co- workers whether he likes it or not), a gay male nurse, a plastic surgeon, a financial controller (played by Chris O'Dowd who I had previously seen in the comedy series, The IT Crowd), and several female office workers. The clinic staff often socializes in the local pub which also helps to create some occasions for office romances and inappropriate relationships springing up which sets up some very dramatic and occasionally comedic situations.