GurlyIamBeach
Instant Favorite.
Ceticultsot
Beautiful, moving film.
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Melanie Bouvet
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
rodrigolaguna
Back in the 2000s, this was pretty good stuff to watch and practice my English, I liked the characters, the story lines were better than the actual ones...they were simply based on a daily view of your street, but as a lot of Londoners say, that is not a real East End.When you go to London you see different things, people are not always in fights and they don't do silly things like putting labels on ALL the things in your Square, They don't do a giant scandal just because you broke up with your girlfriend/boyfriend, and so on...It is not 100% REALISTIC if that is what you want to know but if you wanna have a good laugh, this soap is for you!
Dave
This has been one of the BBC's most popular programmes continuously since it began in 1985 - but I can't understand why millions of people still watch it.In the '80s it was entertaining - with characters like Den and Angie Watts and their adopted daughter Sharon. The vast majority of the characters now and in recent years are nasty, selfish people. There are very frequent rows, threats and violence. It's not entertaining in the slightest. How is the audience supposed to care about, root for or sympathise with any of these dreadful people?It's unrealistic in portraying most of the residents of the East End of London as working-class whites who all know each other well. In real life, most of the people who live there are non-white and/or are rich - and many people don't know their neighbours. The large majority of working-class white Londoners moved out of London years ago.
Auntie_Inflammatory
I'm an American who has watched "EastEnders" on and off on my local PBS station over the last 15 years. I find the show fascinating and it's not because the plots are particularly original or the acting is so amazing. It's not the "exotic" location either, I've been to London a couple of times. No, the reason I can't stop watching "EastEnders" is because it's the complete polar opposite of an American soap opera!On an American soap opera, everyone is attractive or at least above-average looking. On EastEnders, (although they will occasionally throw in an attractive person to confuse you, I mean is Rosie's older daughter a super-model for that neighborhood or what?) everyone is pretty much average to below-average looking. There's one character who always looks like he's in desperate need of a blood transfusion and another who is quite simply the ugliest human being I've ever seen on scripted television.On an AS, everyone is always fashionably dressed and impeccably groomed. I don't think you ever even see anyone in the same outfit twice. While watching EE, I sometimes wonder if the actors didn't do their own hair and makeup and bring clothes from home. On second thought, most of the actors would probably dress better than their characters.On an AS, everyone has a glamorous and/or high-profile and/or high-paying and/or highly- respected career, e.g. doctor, model, cosmetics tycoon, writer, chief of police (even if they only appear to be about 20 years-old!), etc. On EE, the characters work in stalls at the street market, in pubs, cafés, garages, and laundromats. The most successful guy in the neighborhood is the guy who owns the café.You really can't help but feel pretty good about yourself and your life after watching EE.There are some other characters on EE that you typically wouldn't see on an AS, like a 14 year- old (who looks like a 12 year-old) girl with a baby and a man who seems to be in at least his mid-forties who can't read or write. One nice thing is that the writers don't seem to consider people over the age of 40 too old for romance. People in their 40s, 50s, 60s and older are depicted dating and even getting married. I've laughed out loud at a few hilarious moments involving horny seniors Pat, Patrick and Big Mo.My favorite character is Dot Cotton/Brown, the church-lady type who gets some good lines. The actress who plays her is 88 years-old and it's pretty impressive that she's still working a grueling soap schedule and memorizing tons of dialogue.Is EE a great show? No. Is it even a very good show? No. Will I keep watching? Well, yeah. We only get 2 episodes a week in the States (we're 10 years behind the UK, episode-wise), that's not enough to kill the novelty factor. I wouldn't watch "Days of Our Lives" but I'll watch "EastEnders" and feel like a successful super-model when the end-credits roll!
Critical Hit
Best show in the world! Trust me. I have been watching from the start. Fantastic. If you like drama, then you will like this. Superb show. Without Eastenders there would be no entertainment. I tell you this, once you watch it, you will never turn back ever again. Christmas episodes are the best. There are so many shows in this world but nothing comes close to Easterners in my opinion. That's why I say watch the show and come and tell me that you don't like it. You will be mesmerised and in shock of how good the show truly is. If this show got cancelled, the entire British economy would collapse and would go into bankruptcy. So I tell you this now, This is a great British show and it should be treasured forever. Eastenders is love, Eastenders is life. Thank you.
