WasAnnon
Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
MamaGravity
good back-story, and good acting
Mischa Redfern
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Kimball
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Parker Lewis
Even though I wasn't living in the UK when Drop the Dead Donkey was screened, it is one of my favorite series about the news and politics. Originally DTDD had the novelty of featuring very recent news events (the scripts were re-written at the last minute to incorporate big news items). Over time though the episodes focused on relationships within the newsroom, which I liked.The final episode was bittersweet with the characters going their own way, and I really miss DTDD. I guess a reunion is unlikely but it was good to see a reunion of sorts where Neil Pearson, Haydn Gwynne and Jeff Rawles appear in a Midsomer Murders episode "Dark Secrets", although I don't think all three shared screen time at once, but still.Around this time, you had Canada with The Newsroom which was very dark in tone, and Australia had "Frontline" which was sort of mid- way between DTDD and The Newsroom regarding the level of satire.
alanpuzey
Being an ex-pat, the growing interest in downloading and viewing whole TV series has given me many hours of entertainment. I used to watch Drop the Dead Donkey live in the 1990s and liked it then, but re-watching it now, in 2015, I'm finding it pretty hilarious and it's now my daily accompaniment to breakfast, and the occasional episode when I simply want a laugh. The fact that the news items referred to are ancient now, doesn't matter one bit - the way that they are handled in DTDD are so funny because I think that news channels now are pathetic in their handling of the news, and they all appear to be run on the lines of Global News. Really!The series is rich with really excellent journalist stereotypes, much mentioned in the other reviews here, so not needed to be repeated by me. I don't know where I will turn to when I finish all the series I have.
moviebuff74
As an Irish observer, this comedy has to be one of the high points of 1990's comedy.While the main talking point of the series initially was it's topicality (being written and filmed in the week before filming so as to include observations and jokes about breaking news stories), later series were far less dependent on the topicality angle and more on funny honest and sharp character development.It was immeasurably superior both to other office based comedy (viz the overrated IMHO "office") and to the likes of other newsroom comedies viz Murphy Brown. DTDD's humour was sharp acidic and right on the money. No-one was spared it's barbs.On reruns and DVD releases a brief voice-over identifies the week each particular episode was shown and what the major stories breaking that week were.More interestingly a lot of what was clearly the target of DTDD's humour (the dumbing down and tabloidisation of news reporting promoted by TV newstations) are even more in evidence today 10-15 years later as witnessed by the likes of FOX News and Sky News I wonder who Sir Royten Merchant was really based on....
Pammit
During my 2 year stay in the UK, I grew addicted to this show. To a newcomer, the satirical bite to this show gave me the "real" feel of how the dry news of the day was perceived by the public. The writing was great and was brought to life by a brilliant cast! I was elated when I found this show was to be shown on Comedy Central in the US, but it took one viewing to realize that without the daily access to the british news, this show was lost here. Too bad! It was extremely funny! BTW, can someone please tell me what happened to that poor chap, Jerry the camera man?
