Diagonaldi Very well executed

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

atinder Only 14 months ago, I was saying this show is near the Axed but Lucky one of there Advert they showed last year, Looked well mad and it worked on me. I was never Fan of Oaks before but when I saw that Bus Crash and the aftermath. Those set of episoed blew me away and the showed had me there and there have some great gripping storyliens Over that gripped. There as not been one Dull moment this year, there alway drama every week, Shock and so many shocking twist and turns Hollyoaks is like no other UK soap, it takes Risk and they pay off!, Lastest soap awards Hollyoaks 3 awards beating Rival Eastenders with 0 awards and Emmerdale with 2. Since then show as got EVEN better they few months awesome to watch, after long day work. There I got another huge stunt this week,looks UNMISSABLE Blockbuter stuff. (I am not teen,My whole family enjoyed, my whole family loves this show!

Foux_du_Fafa I can understand why teenagers might like "Hollyoaks" - it produces a glamorous myth about university/young working life in a somewhat realistic environment (what I mean is a small town that most people would end up residing in as opposed to the centre of London or the hippest part of Manhattan). However, I cannot understand why so many young adults and students can find "Hollyoaks" so intoxicating.A great number of my friends are addicted to this and will rush home for 6:30 so as not to miss it, and then watch the sneak-peak for tomorrow's episode on E4 after that has finished (they will most likely also watch this episode when it is screened nearly 24 hours later on Channel 4). I cannot get my head around how they could moderately enjoy this. It makes mid-range productions like "EastEnders" and "Coronation Street" seem like productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Pretty much everything is bad, from the corny acting and contrived story lines to the awkward use of pop-music and the often shoddy direction. Somebody actually told me once that the cast of "Hollyoaks" are actually hired through modelling agencies and not through acting agencies, which would make a lot of sense giving the show's banality.I understand that I shouldn't expect the pinnacle of sophistication in a soap-opera, but it frankly sinks far below any level of quality to be worthwhile. Avoid.

reviewerinoimdbino I've caught the storyline of this show that involves the character played by Guy Burnet and t'other male character and enjoyed it very much. As an American, my reaction is probably a bit different than that of people over in England. The regional or working class accents, however real they may be, sound put-on, like something that upper-class actors like the Redgraves use for a stage performance. And then you have the relentlessly mundane, everyday settings that you just don't find in American soaps. It's like this "Coronation Street" / "The Archers" self-mythologizing view of England, where it's all real, see?, and true and gritty-like, see? Sort of an imaginary world of pure-hearted common folk, salt of the earth, and all that.But that Guy Burnet, oof, he is exquisite. I don't typically look upon delicate, elegantly slender people with such favor, and I'm sure he's straight in real life, but my gosh he is good-looking. Thank god he's cut his hair--he looks a zillion times better with it short.Bring him back for further story lines, or give him other movie and television roles!

mulhollandman Hollyoak's is the brainchild of Phil Redmond. Redmond has provided the British public with some of the best cutting edge drama in the last 30 years. Beginning with Grange Hill in 1978 he established what has now become a legendary national treasure depicting the trials and tribulations of teenagers in their G.C.S.E and A-Levels. He then created Brookside, which changed the story lines of British Soaps forever with its continuous devotion to depict gritty, real suburban live. A programme set in Redmond's native Liverpool that revolved around a community of adults. Then in the 1990's came Hollyoaks. This was Redmond's project to depict live of the twenty something's in Chester.On its release in 1995 it was considered typical Redmond's style. Its depiction of real live issues was sometimes relentlessly hard to watch but in other areas it was terrifically funny. It's cast were wonderful with the emphasis was on a naturalistic performance. The writing was crisp and fresh and very inventive. It dealt in a very mature fashion with the issues depicted and its sensitive approach meant that the soap was held very high in both the public and industries eyes. But as the old cast began to move on and replacements were drafting in it became clear that the previous hard work was being replaced by glamour and over the top story lines. The new actors were looks friendly and not very talented and the acting descended from well thought out characterizations to populist acting. This consists of over the top performances throughout the episode. It is quite frustrating to see this considering whatever went before them were genuine actors and actresses. This is not helped by the over the top story lines. Since January 2006 there has been a kidnapping, incarceration of a rapist who then escapes and commits mass murder. It is now Sept 2006 and the big action packed story lines are still coming. This is not helped by the cheesy camera direction that is employed in some of the scripts. One particular sequence involved a tomato ketchup mustard shoot out involving two girls. This was shot to the style of a John Woo. Some people say this is inspirational but to me its just rubbish and it quite clearly pisses upon what Phil Redmond set out to achieve in 1995. What was a good British Soap full of characters that you would genuinely care for have now been forsaken for a more Americanised product full of whining wannabes.In it's time it has tread some ground that has met Phil Redmond's brief of Realism. The most powerful storyline to date was the male rape of Luke Morgan. This was the last time that Hollyoaks generated such a response from the public. Many of whom welcomed such a topic that had until then been swept under the carpet as a taboo issue. Since then the cheese has been processed weekly and distributed on a daily basis. In the film The Insider the Christopher Plummer character says in relation to media " You will only be remembered for what you did last night ". If this statement is true I really hope Phil Redmond has another ace up his sleeve because at the moment it looks like Hollyoaks current mediocrity will be remembered. 4 out of 10