LastingAware The greatest movie ever!

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

dickscratcher-32167 I was directed to all 14 episodes of this on a well-known video hosting site by an article in The Grauniad (sic), and as it seems to be a fondly remembered, I watched three episodes. I am not going to give it a full-blown review as I expect it would turn into a rant about why I don't enjoy "Only Fools and Horses" (written by the same person who wrote "Dear John"). Suffice to say it is an ensemble piece that revolves around the excellent Ralph Bates, who has the same sort of shy, nerdy charm that John Alderton displayed in "Please Sir". It won't take you long to twig the main traits of the other characters; they are all a bit one dimensional but I gather that their back-stories fill out a bit in later episodes. Did I laugh? Yes. I laughed out loud about twice per episode, and smiled a lot. Whatever reservations I have about John Sullivan's characters, he could pen a funny line.

Tesorini In my opinion, this is the best comedy John Sullivan wrote. The characters are superb, the cast are amazing talents and the jokes funny.There are many repetitive jokes, especially by the character, Louise and also Kirk. Peter Denyer plays the role of the 'loser' Ralph perfectly.The two episodes Kevin Lloyd is in at the start of Series 2 are probably the two funniest.Although it is a serious subject of marital breakdown, John Sullivan has managed to pitch this perfectly.It is well worth a watch.

coolwarden This was a great series. I just wish it would get repeated so I can enjoy it some more, now that I am older there may be some subtle stuff I missed first time round. As someone else commented about, it was a tragi-comedy, like a lot of the classics (Steptoe and Son as an example) and I think this is one of the keys to its success. I did like the episode where Kirk tries to take a leaf out of Johns book and take some of the heat for a party host with a bit of gas. I saw it was released on video, but decided to wait for the DVD.... still waiting. Although I recently found out there were ninety episodes, which seems a lot for a British comedy of that time. Of course if that is the case, then there was an awful lot of episodes that I missed.

PADMark1984 One of my favourite comedies of all time. It's nearly as good as 'Only Fools And Horses'(1981)...but not quite :-) OFAH was also written by Londoner John Sullivan. 'Dear John' is a very laid back comedy centering around divorcee John Lacey (Ralph Bates), a school teacher who joins the 1-2-1 club for divorced and separated people. There's some great characters such as macho man Kirk St.Moritz, Kate, Mrs. Arnott and the unforgettable Ralph Dring (played excellently by Peter Denyer). The club is run by the posh and snooty Louise Williams..."Were there any sexual problems?" The sitcom revolved around different people's experiences and problems being talked about at the club and the funny things that happen in life. It's a lovely sitcom and if you can get the video it's money well spent for good, clean British humour. **** out of *****