Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

tlloydesq The League of Gentlemen are Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. The latter 3 act and write while Dyson writes. In 1999 the quartet unleashed their eponymous TV series on us.Every town has "odd" people – the suicidal army reservist, the toad fancier or the butcher who seems to take his job too seriously. And then there is that couple who keep themselves to themselves. And turn out to be brother and sister!Roston Vasey is the real name of blue comic Roy "Chubby" Brown (who appears as the mayor in series 2). It is a mystery why the League chose his name as the fictional town in this series. But in Royston Vasey, being odd is the norm. With most of these characters played by the 3 acting Leaguers.Series 1 is essentially a series of sketches set in "Vasey". Most of the characters do not interact other than in opening sequences although several are transported in the taxi of local transvestite Barbara. A very hairy man who is waiting for "the operation" and regales her customers with details of what is to come. This series is mostly offbeat comedy with a few blacker moments thrown in.While there is a tenuous story holding series 2 together it carries on in a similar vein. Some sketches abandon the humour to explore a darker side. And the BBC makeup department are kept busy providing facial disfigurements for a number of characters. "Vasey" really needs a good dentist.Series 3 is more of a "comedy drama". Each episode dealing with an individual character and a theme running through the end of each episode.At first I was disappointed with series 3 as I wanted more of the same. The "best" characters are killed off and series 3 concentrates on minor players. On reflection though, each story stands up in its own right. A brave move which works.Sick humour? Fantastic humour with good stories? The L of G pushed comedy in a new direction.

Intermittante "Not for everyone, but absolutely hilarious" is i.m.h.o. the best way to describe these series.I describe it as "not for everyone" because you have to be able to stomach the awkwardness of it. Not everyone 'gets' the dark, often twisted humor. Actually I've tried to show it to some of my closest friends and most of them didn't 'get' the dark, often twisted humor.But if you're into awkward, weird, unfortunate, pitch-black humor then really; this is your series. All absurdity included; it's well written and the characters really have depth. You don't entirely want to be able to sympathize with them? But you will. And you will be absolutely curious to find out more about them. 'The League of Gentlemen' is one of those series that require the viewer to watch for an episode, maybe two.. and suddenly you find yourself loathing it will at some point come to an end because you're addicted to the inhabitants and the little town that you can enter, but never leave. Have fun watching it!

wolvesguardmycoffin The sheer thought of being trapped in the Local Shop causes my spine to shiver and my mind to laugh...The League of Gentlemen is, as the title of this review says, something that has been forgotten by the comedy-freaks nowadays... At least it seems so to me and the network I associate with. It's a brilliant mixture of stereotypical satire, horror, perversions and (obviously) comedy.Now, being Swedish, I had never heard of this series before I visited some friends in Rome, Italy and I can never thank them enough! We get to see many varying characters in different environments in the small town of Royston Vasey and as the series go, their stories become darker and more morbid by each episode. It's basically a trip from a dark kind of almost-innocence into an inferno of pure perversion and evil. It's brilliant.The downsides of this series, is that the comedy is decreasing in the later episodes and they might lose track of you. It's still funny if you are into dark humor, but I can imagine that the series lost some of it's fans along the way.The minds behind this series are very good at demonstrating their excellent acting-skills, portraying everything from inbred shop-owners to transvestites and failing stand-up comedians, among others. I would not recommend it to sensitive people. But for the ones that can separate reality from comedy, it would definitely be worth your while.

theforgottenone88 About a year ago I finally gave up on American television. I thought of giving up television completely until a friend who had lived in England showed me some programs that included The Office, Extras, Blackadder, and The League of Gentlemen. It was then that I decided to switch to British television. Among all the shows listed above, The League of Gentlemen is easily the most dark and twisted of them all, providing guilty laughs and material not found in any other comedy I've seen yet. Characters included are the most unhappily married couple, a butcher that puts ingredients in the meat that go unsaid (probably for the best), a deranged couple that look over a local shop that only caters to local people, and the worst veterinarian ever. This program is one of the best I've seen.