Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

ianlouisiana Now 14 years old,"Waking the dead" continues to reign supreme in what has become a very overcrowded field - the TV forensic/cop show. It has always had a terrific ensemble cast and despite losing actors of the quality of Miss Claire Goose and Miss Holly Aird around the halfway mark it has maintained its momentum in a way few long - running TV series have managed. It benefits greatly from a superb double- act from the leads,Miss Sue Johnston and Mr Trevor Eve as the forensic psychologist and the boss cop,ostensibly a chalk and cheese combination,but one in which each one complements the other although they often violently disagree. As Peter Boyd Mr Eve is passionate and eager to pursue justice sometimes careless of the rules of evidence and procedure in doing so. As Grace Foley,Miss Johnston is more analytical,takes a step back to see the bigger picture and reins Boyd in when he threatens to get out of control. We know nothing of Dr Foley's personal life,but Boyd's is,predictably, disastrous with a son who goes missing from home and,as the series develops,begins to play a big part in his father's professional life,causing him to have more sympathy with disaffected young people than he might otherwise have had. Over the seasons many fine and well - known performers have appeared to much advantage,but the core of the programme remains Boyd's squad of sometimes disparate but always intuitive and dedicated people. The only caveat I have is that sometimes the camera dwells with lipsmacking relish a little too long at the bodies of Boyd's clients,particularly in the later episodes.Apart from that,"Waking the dead" is ,for me,a completely positive experience and still the one to beat for the many similar shows that have followed it.

TheLittleSongbird Waking the Dead along with Inspector Morse, New Tricks, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Touch of Frost is one of my favourite detective dramas. Why? It is superbly shot, with the dark photography and brooding scenery. True, there have been some truly disturbing and perhaps graphic moments throughout the series. But with the quality of how it is made, acted and written, that is so easily forgiven. The scripting is intelligent and sensitive, and the episode ideas are outstanding. The acting is absolutely fabulous, with Trevor Eve absolutely phenomenal as Boyd, and Holly Aird and Sue Johnston providing terrific support. There is nothing funny really in Waking the Dead, but while it is a little bleak once or twice, others were very moving. One scene worth of mention was Boyd standing over his dead son in the morgue, I was weeping buckets in that particular scene, it was just as moving as the finale of Inspector Morse and anyone familiar with that will know how heart-rending that was. And the tight direction ensures plenty of tense moments, and I can't count the number of times I've got goosebumps from watching this. All in all, a superb series, look out for it. 9.5/10 Bethany Cox

ningwers-1 I feel like I've just watched a snuff film....a beautifully acted, taut, engrossing and horrible thing! A two hour litany of perversion in the most basic and all inclusive sense of the word, sexual violence and torture, rape, decapitation, incest, corruption, live burial, and abuse, abuse, abuse. No redemption whatsoever. And I WAS entertained. I couldn't stop watching. What does this say about me, about the people who make and act in this sort of thing, and a world that has become so desensitized that eventually real snuff films will be the norm. And I'm neither puritanical nor humorless, I don't try to hide from the existence of darkness, and I definitely have not led a sheltered life, but I am ashamed of myself. AND I'm sorry to see my British cousins dragging the subject-matter sewers the way my own tribe does. It doesn't have to be cozy, but does it have to wallow in vicarious sadism?

Bob I'd give this series a 10 minus if I could. This series is so compelling, I lack the words to express it. And that's saying something for me.We just finished viewing season six on BBC America, and I say with greatest admiration that I hope it comes back for as many seasons as the producers, actors and writers wish. You have a willing viewer, here.I also wish BBC America would show the whole of each episode. Some of the jump cuts between scenes create periodic non sequitors. It appears as though parts of the narrative are shaved off to make room for advertisements.Trevor Eve may be one of the best actors I've ever seen.