Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

mitya_ilx I very much enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 - another "cozy" mystery series, gorgeously filmed and well-acted. The mysteries themselves are self-contained from episode to episode, while character development story arcs take place in the background to tie things together. As other reviewers have noted, the writers have made hero Sidney Chambers remarkably liberal and modern in his views. Perhaps in 1953 there were small-town vicars with such attitudes, but after a while it feels unrealistic. For whatever reason, season 3 fell flat for me, to the extent I thought they might have changed writers. Perhaps it's the peaking of a couple of those story arcs in season 2, but I found that I no longer cared very much about the characters, while the mysteries began to feel secondary to the characters' stories. I'm unlikely to come back for season 4.

jackd0604 I like Grantchester for the period costumes and the Cambridgeshire setting, the plots are rather tame but what I do dislike about it is that the attitudes that it portrays are so anachronistic. The scriptwriters are becoming more determined to add in 21st century attitudes and to be politically correct, and this is completely out of place for a drama set in the 1950s. I had a rolling eyes moment when Chambers and Keating greeted each other with a hug - for heaven's sake, British men didn't even do that in the 1980s, let alone the 1950s! A handshake would have been a sign of affection but a hug - absolutely not. I really can't see a vicar that I would have known in my youth (in the 1970s) let himself go to that extent, I'm thinking in particular or the 'simulated sex on the dance floor scene' - even non-clergy wouldn't have behaved like that in the 1950s. People just didn't behave like that in public.Another reviewer felt that Grantchester was better than Jeremy Brett's Sherlock; I think absolutely not. I know my British history in great depth and that version of Sherlock had an authentic feel of Victorian Britain. Grantchester viewers could be left thinking that the 1950s were not much different to today, just different clothes, and that certainly isn't true.

Jim If the music seems familiar, check out the credits:Series Music by John Lunn ... (11 episodes, 2014-2016)Great fun, watching this in the background while doing work. Pretty realistic sets. I did wonder why there was no grass and weeds growing up between a pile of "old farm equipment" on one film location. That bit of continuity has plagued set designers since "Little House On The Prairie".The scenery makes up for any plot which seems simplistic - it is farm country of post-war England, after all. Besides, it's not all that predictable.After starting with Series II, I halted viewing until Series I could be located, which I now have.

s_imdb-623 I love period crime dramas. Loved Sherlock Holmes (with Brett) and Poirot (with Suchet). Liked some of Father Brown too, but like that series this one is flawed (unlike Holmes or Poirot). The main problem I have is that in a rush to cater to women and romance (I feel) they have thrown out some common sense. Mainly most things to do with Christianity. Quite odd for a vicar. And added instead emotional baggage to do with the war that conveniently pops up to make women swoon for the lead character. Otherwise, this could be a brilliant series. Series 2 seems to tone it down a bit and focus a bit more on the crimes and is therefore better. There were episodes in series 1 that I just gave up watching due to incredulity, thats why I can only give 5/10. Would have liked to have rated higher.I don't have any problem with romance and programs that cater to women (or even only for women). I have a problem with throwing common sense out of the window to do it - which is actually insulting to women (like saying women can only cope with Mills & Boon type romantic mush). I really loved Sharp and Hornblower, which were also popular with women. They also managed to pull off some strong female characters (given the male infested nature of the settings) without throwing common sense out and without the lead characters always trying to look sexy-moody.I'm beginning to think I either don't have any understanding of religion or this program is actually anti-Christian (I'm not Christian nor religious). This vicar, the hero, never consoles any of his flock or any victims of crime with the mention of god or religion. He just wanders around with a puppy-face. In addition, he is carrying on affairs with two women, one of whom is about to get married (so basically destroying that marriage without any serious intentions toward that woman), while having sex with a third. What a nice man. Forgive me for being dense but I thought some sins before Christ happened here. Now, this guy takes confessions, but he doesn't confess himself. Maybe after the war only children could be made vicars? Its all a bit sick and some people are lapping it up. He is the opposite of a hero.Fortunately, there are the real and quite gritty police, including Geordie (Robson Green), to save the day. And the period features are very well done. The police are made out to be nasty with their harsh treatment of the 'vicar', but I'm on their side. He often hides or makes off with evidence and police files - he needs to be in jail for that. I like that Geordie has a young family and they deal with the real-to-life version of that. The hard life that his wife has to live at home by herself.