Getting On

2013

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7.8| 0h30m| TV-MA| en| More Info
Released: 24 November 2013 Ended
Producted By: BBC Worldwide
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.hbo.com/getting-on
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Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for the elderly.

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
kimharvest53 "I don't trust you and you shouldn't trust each other but also must paradoxically work together; like in the Treasure of the Sierra Madre..."I am obsessed with the finale of season two. It is brilliance. The story line, the expressions, the timing, watching the complexities as an explosion of dashing dreams, adjustability, transformations, fear-facing, fast thinking and faulty decision-making abound. Too many great lines to count.  "I am allergic to animals, how many cats do you have." "7!"  "He's not really one of us..."  "I'm not dying anymore?" "Not fast enough for Medicare!"  and the "You have many layers..." amazing line!  I believe one of the best season endings ever!  A total delight. Can be watched over and over again.  a few highlights: Laurie Metcalf and Mary Kay Place schoolgirl bantering passing notes is hilarious! A stark contrast to the meeting's subject matter. Alex Borstein's quick marriage overlooking everything practical and maybe even her own feelings. Niecy Nash throwing in the garbage can her one dream in a simple gesture. Mel Rodriguez' s many layers, one being a small scream while being interrogated to the disgust of the women. The hospital's unbending hierarchy on the hunt for scapegoats. And Mrs. Lee and her stressed daughter and exquisite grand daughter with an eye shot I will never forget. There isn't a wasted moment and gives a lesson in universal expressions, so unlike the usual botox blank look we are getting used to.  Thank God for a third season to come!And oddly enough the song at the end gave me a very important and needed epiphany.
ozjosh03 I've just listened to an NPR Fresh Air interview with Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer, who were constantly referred to throughout as the "creators" of Getting On. They happily accepted this accolade and proceeded, with truly nauseating sincerity, to explain how the stories in the series were based on their experiences caring for their respective elderly mothers, which, we're given to understand, is why it's all so real, so poignant, so personal. Curious then that 95% of the US adaptation of Getting On is identical - and I'm talking line for line, if not quite word for word - to the UK original, created by the wonderful Jo Brand. The 5% that's different is where the US version blunts the humour, misses the point, or merely adds lame phoney-sounding sitcom punchlines to otherwise achingly funny-sad scenes. Maybe Olsen and Scheffer had identical experiences to Brand, and maybe they just forgot to write it down first. Or maybe they actually believe they've added something of value to Brand's work. Or maybe they're just ****s.
jeffhaller125 I didn't have any interest in this but watched because someone else wanted to. I fell in love with it in about two minutes. I have never seen these characters in a sitcom before. Granted I don't watch a lot of them but the richness and honesty here is pretty mesmerizing. The first episode was intriguing as they laid the groundwork, and the next two went beyond it to brilliance. Dawn, Didi and Patsy are characters I have never seen before. Metcalfe's doctor is thrilling because every time she appears we know we are in for some new insanity. But what is so inspiring about this show is the humanity of the nurses. Not just in their care for some of the most pathetic of patients (customers), but in the examination into their own shortcomings in life though I have not yet found any shortcomings in Didi who may be the most loving character I have ever experienced in a television program. Not sure this one is gonna make it. It might be too good for Americans. The honesty and greatness of the acting might be too subtle for us.
hefny-656-259621 When i first saw the pilot episode, i was very confused, were are the beautiful nurses, the impeccable doctors and the busy floor, this does not mean that the characters are ugly or so, but this is not what we used to see in all hospital based series. When time passes by, you get used to the characters which you slowly like their simplicity, the dark sarcasm you hear and see. I really can't pinpoint to one thing a liked the most, but collectively i liked it all and it makes you eager to watch more. I think everyone will not laugh out loud while watching it, but deep down, you will find something that you like in this work, or may be in the upcoming episodes, we will have to wait and see.

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