Jo

2013

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  • 1
6.5| 0h30m| en| More Info
Released: 17 January 2013 Ended
Producted By: RTBF
Country: France
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier & Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs. It is co-produced by the French Atlantique Productions and the Belgian Stromboli Pictures companies in association with broadcast partners TF1, RTBF, Sat.1, ORF and RTS.

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AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
jdonalds-5 This series kept my mind puzzled, not because of the mystery or detective work, but rather that it was 100% Paris but I don't think I heard a single word of French through the entire season. It really makes me wonder what the decision was behind this project. Who was the target audience?The reason it only lasted one season is because I think the story lines are weak and a bit dull. The actors and acting was fine. Detective series are favorites of my wife and me. It was interesting seeing Jill Hennessy from Crossing Jordan in this series.I lived in Paris for three years almost 40 years ago. I was excited to see familiar sights, and to learn of a few places in the city I didn't visit.
djaznh The first episode seemed endless, but never fear, because the rest of the series is a swan dive into eternal pithy script and horrible acting by most of the other players. Jean Reno is the only French accent in Paris these days, it seems. Granted, Reno could have stayed home and phoned his part in for all the color the rest of the cast contribute. Overall, a disappointing effort. Even Jean Reno can only do so much.
HelenMary I was looking forward to some gritty French drama series, starring the incredibly talented Jean Reno. I understand that the series has to appeal internationally (and by that I mean Americans), but it's totally NOT French. Jean Reno is wasted and the plot is interesting in terms of story lines but the police-procedure is so contrived, and whilst it's not entirely predictable, it's full of leaps in investigation.Reno plays it French but everyone else is either American or British and I don't get that. He's investigating random murders (being a homicide cop) but everyone is English! Everyone! Even if they spoke with cheesy French accents it would have made more sense. The producers missed a trick by making it too much like all the other investigative procedurals that are on US and UK TV at present - if the only thing different is that it's set against Parisian architecture, that's not a good enough reason to watch. The script is too staccato because the action is stilted due to the contrived leaps, and even Reno can't raise this show to above 5/10 for me. Tom Austen the sidekick is good, pretty and the flirty cop who gets all the ladies to open up with information - well cast - but I would like to see some reason why he's working in Paris and hear him attempting to speak French occasionally.Only Reno's character St-Clair has a back-story, which makes the program too shallow. St-Clair's struggle with drink and drugs is only touched on, but perhaps it's early days in the series... there's not much story arc. It needs to be more French. I'd love it then. Subtitles aren't such a bad thing!
David Wilkins We were excited to see Jean Remo cast for this role as we are fans of many of his other works but were sadly disappointed when we sat down to watch. The story was good and the acting carried it but the American accents clashed terribly with the Parisian setting. A major production error considering the lengths they had gone to in their choice of locations and sets. The flawed detective is a staple of the crime/detective genre but the unique element here was lost as Paris dissolved into another another tepid formulaic drama with a plot that lumped between scenes with limited development.Sadly we won't be watching next week.

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