SteinMo
What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Darin
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Delight
Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
LouieInLove
Excellent. The BBC really can pump out some dreadful programming that places more importance on the minutia of political correctness above entertainment, nevertheless, in the case of Car Share they've allowed solid writing & performance to take centre stage; as it always should.Car Share is accessible, well written & beautifully performed; much in the same way as Detectorists - which is another BBC show.Phil Kay is wonderful in the role of John & the girl who plays Kayleigh is equally on song. Her performance really encapsulates that Greater Manchester chip-hipped Bacardi Breezer feminine chic. We witness the two central characters fall in love as they drive the roads of Greater Manchester. Shenanigans ensue - as does pis*.
Red-Barracuda
A manager of a supermarket and woman from promotions are thrust together as part of a company promoted car sharing scheme.Every so often a great comedy appears on British television and Car Share fits that particular description. Like most successful comedies its strengths lie in the fact that it's well-written and well-acted. And while it is frequently successfully funny, it also is genuinely heart-felt without being naff about it. But, while all the above is true, what elevates it even higher is that it has a pretty original format. Practically the whole show is set in the confines of a car, with each episode split into two - the journey to work and the trip back home. We learn everything about the characters via their car conversations, with little in the way of traditional 'action'. The only other accompaniment is the constant radio banter and retro tunes, while once an episode one of the characters daydreams themselves as part of a music video for one of the songs playing in the background. In other words, this really is a proper minimalist sitcom. On paper, it sounds like a possible disaster but it works so very well because the script is very good and, in Peter Kay and Sian Foulkes, it has two actors with great chemistry with one and other. Essentially, besides all the laughs, what we are watching is the progression of a friendship. Another reason it works so very well is because it's a set-up that most people can immediately relate to, i.e. sitting in a car, listening to incessant radio chatter while going to and from work. All-in-all, this adds up to a very good series indeed, one which has a second series in the works – I have confidence that season two will continue the excellence.
Jackson Booth-Millard
Peter Kay has written and directed many successful British situation comedy series, from Phoenix Night to Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere, I was hoping for something good with this new series he brought us, and he did not disappoint. Basically a major supermarket has suggested a car share scheme for the workers to save on staff parking spaces at the store. This scheme brings together John (Peter Kay), a level headed Assistant Manager, and Kayleigh (Sian Foulkes), a ditsy Promotions Rep, day by day he picks up from her house and they drive the out-of-town journey to the store they work. Each journey they fill the awkward silences with talk of their lives, current events and media, and sometimes embarrassing incidents occur on the way, and also they are accompanied along the way by the catchy and enjoyable tunes, daft competitions and repetitive adverts of Forever FM on the car radio. The action most of each half hour episode takes place in the car, only stopping to get in at the start of the journey, stop arriving at the supermarket, re-entering to go home, and stopping for drop-off, they only occasionally get out to stop along the way, but also episodes see John or Kayleigh hearing a particular song play on the radio, and they will imagine themselves in a music video scenario miming along to the song. It is obvious as well, that despite sometimes having daft disagreements and sometimes misunderstandings, John and Kayleigh become good friends in the car journeys, and both being single, John not looking and Kayleigh keeping options open, it is possible that they may have held-in feelings as well, especially by the last episode. Also starring Danny Swarsbrick as Ted 2 and Reese Shearsmith as Ray. Kay as the down-to-earth man driving with a sense of humour is very likable, and Foulkes is very talkative and slightly annoying, but at the same very lovable, together they are a perfect at first awkward but perfect couple as they talk and laugh with each other in each journey, a simple but brilliantly written and played out comedy sitcom. Very good!
spioncap
The best comedy on British TV for years. Peter Kay at his best - likable, subtle and very, very funny. You need to watch the episodes a few times to catch all the background humour from the radio station and off shot signs etc "Husband Missing. Last seen entering....." "Brillington College ......"A comedy that slowly turned into a love story that will surely be recommissioned sooner rather than later. Mr Kay was predictably good and Sian Gibson was more than a match. For a change the Beeb didn't let a new comedy stew for a series or two on BBC 3 or 4. Superb. Can't wait for more.