The Pursuit of Love

Ignore the haters, this is great fun. Who doesn't want a cross between Wes Anderson and Merchant Ivory, with a banging soundtrack.

So many great lines, acting is great as is the directing.

Having not read the book or any erlier dramatizations I cant compare, but I enjoyed the series. The characters, though often fustrating were never dull and. I binged it in one sitting. Recommended.

...then this may well be up your alley (I should say I think it's far better than Coppola's M-A) . Both the 'purists' and the parvenus (and staunch fans of assorted Mitfords) will and have turned their noses up - I guess all reviews are opinions and nothing more so....good for them. Personally I was a fan, I think a traditionally safe version would have been great but this is good fun and seems to have its tongue firmly in its cheek.

These social butterflies cannot land anywhere, even for a moment. It becomes irritating when we watch sequence after sequence of fleeting thoughts and moments The script just tries too hard, a bit like the girls trying to find love.

Although my wife and I enjoyed it, we both came to the end and pretty much wondered what the point of it all was and asking ourselves what we were missing.

The two leads were excellent. No denying it. Andrew Scott at his best but not enough of him on the screen though obviously that's not his fault. In fact, we sort of wondered what the character was doing in the story at all since Lord Merlin didn't seem to serve any purpose other than to provide accommodation for Linda at one point. All the other acting, no problem.

Costumes? Great. Background and settings? All what one would hope for.

It all comes down to the story not quite working.

Ultimately I suspect this is just one of those stories that doesn't lend itself to transitioning from the printed page to the tv screen. We haven't read the book so can't comment properly but bottom line really was we were left feeling, "so what?"