GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
Lollivan
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Bessie Smyth
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
Mary Norton
Until the middle of last season, I would have voted a solid 10. However, the more recent episodes have had uneven scripts and acting. Feel they are reaching and not quite making it.(SPOILER ALERT! With the character changes this season, I see it going downhill already. Very sad.)
alexanderdavies-99382
It was quite difficult for the BBC to adapt the short stories of Father Brown by G.K Chesterton in the manner in which they were written. This is due to the fact that some of the original stories didn't contain enough plot so as to make a 50 minute episode. The writers of the series are to be congratulated and the leading performance from Kenneth More effectively demonstrates that he was a more versatile actor than one realizes. He is truly cast against type and rises to the challenge easily.It is true that the production values aren't exactly state of the art but for sheer storytelling, this 1974 version of "Father Brown" is worthy of repeated viewing.
blake-36398
We are watching Kenneth Moore's Father Brown series and find it extremely boring. The character he plays has no personality or depth. The stories are slow with no real interest and then all of a sudden he solves the mystery and it is over. The only good thing about the series is that I enjoy recognizing actors in their younger days. Watching these once is enough. I know that it is an old series, but they could have done a bit more with it.
jonfrum2000
I've been listening to the BBC radio adaptations of the Father Brown stories with Andrew Sachs in the lead role. I have to say I much prefer Sachs' version of Father Brown, but this series is perfectly good with Kenneth More in the role. Considering when the series was made, the production is reasonably good, and the acting, while occasionally stiff, is fine overall. Some changes are made from the stories, which I have no problem with. Of the episodes I've seen so far, none have been damaged by the changes. It is important that Father Brown is a Catholic priest, and not just another amateur detective, and in this sense some of the religious reference seem to have been taken out of the stories. This subtracts from the distinctive flavor of the stories, but it plays fine on television.You won't get the production values or the acting found in the later Christie series, but these are well worth trying if you favor British detective/mystery series. I'm certainly happy I found them, and I'll be watching them one per night until I've through the lot.
