DVD Talk review of 'Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - The Complete First Season'

[MrE]

I read Jeffrey Robinson's DVD review of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - The Complete First Season at http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=12153 and must strongly if amicably disagree. It's a terrific adaptation of a British "cosy" - a whole sub-genre of mysteries that has no real U.S. equivalent, but is in part based on just those things he seems to complain about: slow pacing, domestic subjects, etc. Not understanding the British dialogue is laziness on his part, however, since it's pretty clear even for a non-traveller like myself. There's a melancholy sub-text as well, which if I remember rightly, doesn't clarify itself completely in the first series but does add a textural richness...that continues to grow as the series goes alone. And if you only know Routledge as Hyacinth Bouquet you're in for a serious reappraisal of her acting chops. Definitely and highly recommended for fans of British myseteries.

BTW the "boy" became one of the hobbits in that other series.

[wago70]

Yes, I disagree with that review also. This is a wonderful show and I find it very charming. I never really warmed to any detective shows - EVER. This was the first and now I'm hooked. He called the pairing of Hetty and Geoffrey "weird". Uh, listen honey: that is part of what makes the show interesting, okay?
Charming - and the English landscape is wonderful.