Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

malmborgimplano-92-599820 I'd never heard of Victoria Wood until I noticed the explosion of loving tributes to her in the Guardian UK, decided to check her out, and found myself watching everything of hers I could find. She had it all, beauty, wit, a sure command of dramatic form and an exquisite silvery singing voice. Oh, yeah, and she could write a very decent song. "The Ballad of Barry and Freda" is the rejoinder that Cole Porter deserved.What is it about "Dinnerladies" that gets to me? Maybe it's the ultra-realistic depiction of an ordinary workday, combined with an idealized situation where everyone is basically decent and supportive of one another, including the employer. Maybe it's the abundance of great female characters--the Bechdel Rule is definitely in force here. Maybe it's the overall warmth that Wood seems to bring to all her work, even the snarkiest. Yeah, that's it. And I do find it funny in just the way I like--smart, original, coming organically from the situation and characters. In many ways it reminds me of its fellow Pozzitive Production, John Finnemore's radio sitcom "Cabin Pressure," which also shares with Wood's production a cast remarkably high in star quality talent.

alistairjwalker It is just brilliant. Doesn't date other than a few references, the characters are beautifully drawn, other than Brens mum who is just a grotesque, but remarkably it still works. I love the limited set, I love the repetition of lines used like catch phrases (I fell off a diving board in Guernsey) and I love the wordplay (I don't mean cucumber, sounds like cucumber, suffragette thats it).Oh and I have grew up in Manchester and Stockport and yes we did (and still do) call it Mar - Bell - A. We are northern, its how we speak love.The only thing I didn't like was the Man United references in one episode (because I am a City fan) but I will forgive the wonderful Ms Woods that one slip

kenpitcher I have watched on DVD hundreds of times All the episodes of Dinner Ladies. Those who did not like or maybe not quite understood some of the humour, check it out again, there are a great many hidden gems as to the brilliant mind of Victoria woods writing. "He played my body like a pinball machine. I lit up, paid out, and no tilting" was the brilliant line of Bren (victoria wood) mother (Julie Walters) describing her relationship with her young man. It was everyday folk, talking about everyday issues. Hidden behind the charm and the humour the show showed its emotional side, with Bren giving up her holiday to help her mother financially, single mothers, and redundancy. The show lasted two series. I look with great hesitation Victoria Woods next project.

Markhoni A whimsical observational comedy from Victoria Wood. As another contributor said, not a million miles away from the works of Allan Bennett. It featured a mixture of Wood's 'repertory company', familiar from her other shows such as Duncan Preston and Celia Imrie and talented Northern English character actors such as Sue Devaney and Thelma Barlow (both veterans of the long-running soap 'Coronation Street') The main characters were richly detailed, the lesser ones caricatures, but very recognisable types. The one false note, I feel, was struck by the character of the heroine Bren's alcoholic, fantasist mother who made occasional raucous appearances. She was a grotesque figure, out of the wilder reaches of Charles Dickens, and seemed to have been included merely to give an opportunity for Wood's old pal Julie Walters to overact shamelessly. Victoria Wood bravely decided to end this popular show after only two series while it was still fresh (like the dinnerladies' bacon butties).