Alicia
I love this movie so much
Freaktana
A Major Disappointment
Scarlet
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
lovefilm-57992
Only Fools & Horses makes me laugh, it makes me cry, and then every now and again, it makes me do both at the same time.
Dave
This is one of the best British sitcoms. It's about two brothers who live on a council estate tower block in Peckham, South London. It's very well-written and well-acted, with lots of funny situations as they get into all sorts of scrapes in their attempts to become millionaires. The supporting characters are very good as well.
RedmoonRecord
Well, this sitcom one of the best ever written in the history of television. probably I am not exaggerating if I say, The best. Sullivan's characters really come to life. Viewers feel that they really exist and just live next door to them. This realistic and unsuccessful (because most of them are, in their private lives) characters make the viewers believe even more in the story and can identify themselves pretty much with each and one of them. The main characters are developing throughout the 64 episodes but the side characters are as important in the story as the main ones. They help the story come to life. Each episode deals with different situations. Situations that all of us face during our lives. Some episodes even have more than one (parallel) story lines, that makes it more life-like, not so linear, like what we see in some of today's films (one week story goes from A to B, then it ends). Sullivan put the standards very high with this one. I have not seen any other sitcoms come even close to the quality of Only Fools and Horses. A great British television, a great entertainment, just what we all need.
Artimidor Federkiel
According to the BBC poll of 2004 "Only Fools and Horses" is nothing less than "Britain's Best Sitcom", and this despite pretty heavy competition in a country blessed with comedic innovation. People kept returning to the re-runs of the show, and so the series was continued, stayed on the air for 15 years, turning into a national institution. "Lovely jubbly!" Del Boy would say! The latter is played by David Jason, on his side is the younger brother Nicholas "Rodney" Lyndhurst, and they both represent the wheeling and dealing Trotters Independent Traders ("TIT", an acronym that's easy to remember). The actors grew with and into the series, and even the death of another main cast member couldn't hurt the birth of a true legendary sitcom. Quite to the contrary: tactfully made part of the series grandpa's sudden departure brought the remaining TV family on the screen and in front of it only closer together. Responsible for it all was a rather unlikely source - John Sullivan, the common man with a working-class background, who left school at 15, dabbled in various low-paid jobs before he became a writer of comedy. Packed with real-life experience, imagination and determination to prevail his scripts got better and better, but were regularly rejected by the BBC. But well, eventually in 1981 he came through to his audience - and next year he was a millionaire... Or something like that."Same time next year we'll be millionaires" is at any rate Del Boy's declared credo. He's a self-assured cockney market trader, never short on fresh ideas on how to make the quick buck. Against all odds he has sworn to take care of grandpa and his younger brother, "that plonker!" (translation: not as sharp), even though you should pardon Del's French, and you can take that literally. "Only Fools and Horses" however is more than funny situation comedy, it's also a strong drama, complete with character development and story arches, a continuing tale about family ties as becomes apparent throughout the run of the series when the humor sometimes takes the back seat. There's lots of hilarious stuff happening, but thoughtful moments are interspersed, and they add realism to the characters that never seems out of place. The secret according to (Sir) David "Del Boy" Jason himself: The characters are real people who just happen to be funny. Indeed. A show to relate to and laugh along with, created by someone who knew his people and wrote for them.
