Spaced

1999

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8.5| 0h30m| TV-14| en
Synopsis

Spaced: the anti-Friends, in that it examines the lives of common 20 somethings, but in a way that is more down to earth and realistic. Here we have Daisy and Tim; two 'young' adults with big dreams just trying to get by in this crazy world. They are thrown together in a common pursuit of tenancy, which they find by posing as a couple. The house has a landlady and an oddball artist living there. The series explores the ins and outs of London living.

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Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
phultra This series reminded me of my friends, our time together and the stupid things we did, also it has a lot of pop culture references, especially if you like Star Wars and comic books, it shows that Edgar was born to direct comic book movies, this was the beginning of the cornetto trilogy, Pegg, Frost and Wright work well together, it's so funny and smart at the same time, if you like Shaun of the Dead, you will like this series, well written, well acted and well directed, granted the first season is somewhat superior to the second one, but still i recommend it in all, you won't have a dull moment, it's rare to find someone capable to translate so well what's like to grown whiteout forgetting who you are, check it out.
HelenMary Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, the fantastic Nick Frost and the superbly dry Mark Heap as downstairs neighbour and whacky artist, in this trippy, in-joke, homage-a-plenty romp. Tim and Daisy (Pegg and Hynes) pretend to be together to get a flat that requested couples only. They're both slackers (aspiring graphic novel artist and journalist respectively), and nothing much happens but they are both drama-queens, off the wall and it's written so tongue in cheek, and more or less everything is a representation of something else or a gratuitous take off of it. Very dry humour, drugs, sexual references and bad language so not for everyone, but if you were relatively young in the nineties and don't laugh at this I wonder if you have all your neurons firing. There are lots of set pieces, repetitive montages and crazy monologues by Pegg. Nick Frost is TA gun enthusiast Mike and he's the comedy relief in this otherwise already comedy; totally nuts and laugh out loud funny with the bromance between Pegg and Frost superbly referenced. Their comedic timing is just perfect. Both of the two series are short at seven episodes each but it's great laughs, penned by both Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes (nee Stevenson), the stars of the show, demonstrating an originality and freshness, something a little different in the world of the humble sitcom.
Quackle This show kick started Simon Pegg and Nick Frosts career on our TV and cinema screens. A very quirky plot with unbelievable characters but a great storyline and dialogue - especially if you are a fan of sci-fi as you will be treated to numerous Star Wars references amongst others! Worth a watch - can be viewed on 4oD and is one of the better comedies I've seen, albeit for a niche audience of those who love pop and sci-fi references on their screens. There is a good chemistry between Simon and Nick's characters as well as the female which points towards romantic interest on all parts. This can be watched on many levels as one can simply ignore all references contained and enjoy the comedy for what it is - witty and sharp!
shark-43 SPACED is a wonderfully written and terrifically acted British comedy. Much of the creative team went on to do the great SHAUN OF THE DEAD. Simon Pegg & Jessica Stevenson have such great give and take, such chemistry - they are a delight. The show is just funny - that's all it tries to do - yes the characters become three-dimensional and you care about them - but the pace of the show is so fast, so brisk, with tons of pop culture references - but the pace is like a runaway train (in a good way) and in the long one, Spaced just tries to make you laugh and they succeed. Little moments between friends, buddies hanging out in front of the TV - this is the kind of stuff the show nails - where you, the viewer, go - that is just like me and my mates when we were just hanging out. The rest of the cast is top notch and the actress who plays the older landlady, Marsha - is brilliant. American TV has bought the rights to this (sadly) and have butchered it twice in pilot form - I hope it never reaches the US screens in its "Americanized" version - where I am sure they will take all the rough edges off and give the typical US TV notes - "we have to like them - we want them to be good at their jobs." "Well, they don't really have jobs." "What??? That won't do."