Crimes of Passion (Swedish crime drama) BBC4
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Replacing Montalbano in the Euro-Crime slot from next Saturday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Passion_(TV_series)
http://www.sfinternational.se/Details.aspx?id=74a3f5e7-a476-e211-9b51-b8ac6f114281
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Passion_(TV_series)
http://www.sfinternational.se/Details.aspx?id=74a3f5e7-a476-e211-9b51-b8ac6f114281
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Crimes of Passion TV Series
Quote from Wiki:
Hope it's good!
correct link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Passion_(TV_series)
Last weeks' one was episode 9 of 10.
Poor reviews by the Swedish critics. I hope it's better than the short trailer shown in the second link.
Do you have a link for this? I've clicked on the Wiki link it just gives info and the plot.
I'm looking forward to this. BBC4 have also bought the rights to the Danish Historical drama 1864 and the original Israeli thriller Hostages.
I was annoyed when America re-made Hostages, then, Channel 4 aired it (on principal I refused to watch the remake) and was hoping someone would buy the original. BBC4 have
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/bbc-four-acquisitions-dec.html
I always try to ignore critics' opinions
The problem is, there don't appear to be many good 'scandi noir' drama series immediately available to BBC4 .
Arne Dahl returns in spring 2015, but until then?
Hopefully they'll find something... even if it's good repeats.
Visually it's lovely and I like the period setting (quite a change from the washed-out khaki shades of usual Scandi dramas).
The story though was rather farcical with everyone being somehow involved with everyone else. It seemed to be one reveal after another punctuated with meaningful cigarette breaks in the woods. And are we really believe that plain, middle-aged, ginger Rutger really had three women interested in him?
My favourite line was: "Does anyone have any flares?"
To which someone should have replied: "Of course not. They won't be in fashion for another 20 yrs".
CoP was stupefyingly stagey and dreary. Everyone dressed in immaculately tasteful 'period' costume. An impossibly craggy detective drove an impossibly shiny car. Most of the characters looked like most of the other characters, making it extra hard to care when one of them got murdered.
Avoid.
Nobody. The artist guy fell off the boat into the water and because he left the key in the ignition, the boat sped away on it's own.
I don't see why not.... Rolf Lassgård's version of Wallander was never short of female attention
:D:D Exactly what I was thinking. In a French and Saunders montage, someone would have said just that.
Disappointing, all round.
Well, the group was largely composed of people who'd been to university together so there had been various pairings in the past. So it made sense and the title "Crimes of Passion" seemed apt I thought.
Yes, that was a bit odd, he didn't look like he'd attract several women.
I've often enjoyed stylish 1930s 'house-party' multiple murder stories like some of the Poirot ones though this was 1950s and Swedish. They certainly aren't realistic, or gritty urban noir like we're used to, more like a murder mystery game but I thought it was good entertainment.
I thought it was a series of stand-alone mysteries, 6 episodes in all. Going by previews read.
Yeah, would agree with that.
If its a choice between this or Casualty, x-factor etc, I'll give it another go though
I fancied the blonde bit who left with the detective at the end.
I was expecting it to be poor after looking at the low IMDb ratings, but it wasn't quite as bad as I'd feared. Mediocre. Will probably watch again next week.
Also, I was so looking forward to seeing Linda's dead boyfriend revived - but he's looking decidedly less sleek 'n sexy.