Andrea Harrison

Really enjoyed this, loved the way it was shot, the houses and the defiant homage to Harry in the garden with the perfectly placed primroses. Some high caliber actors in the cast, especially admire Keeley & Joanna but all were great. I note certain reviews saying they didn’t know whether it was a drama or comedy...that’s exactly why I loved it! Surely real life, especially now is about the journey we travel between these interwoven emotions. Even in really dark times there’s often some comedy to be found and I think the two aforementioned actresses are brilliant at this. Surely we’re intelligent enough not to have to be told what we’re watching or label things quite so much, but to figure it out along the way and enjoy the ride, no matter what it chucks at us? We don’t need mundane in 2021 we’ve had more than enough of that already! Only missed 5 stars as there’s no clarity on whether season two will happen & felt there was more story to be told.

I really enjoyed this interpretation of the classic tale. Yes it was dark and gritty, Dickens was hardly light and fluffy and the whole aim (in my opinion) was to depict how we, as humans still live now. The very closing scene... there's so much more to do...is shining a torch on our own society and so called morals. We constantly congratulate ourselves on being far superiorly civilised in this century - are we really? Check that mirror! I thought it was brilliantly acted, especially the young Lenny Rush playing Tiny Tim. Stephen Graham always compelling to watch, Joe Alwyn & Andy Serkis made up a great cast. I wasn't too concerned about Guy Pearce's odd Aussie lilt throughout the emotional parts of his English dialogue because I enjoy him on screen and actually he played a blinder (peaky or not) as Ebenezer. This was a perfect antidote to some of the saccharin shows that fill our TV over Christmas, highly recommended with the lights dimmed kids in bed.