Clique

I didn't go to university but if I did I wouldn't have minded going to the one in Clique. Rather like Julia Brittains previous show Skins set in a sixth form college in Bristol. The students are on a mission to have as much sex do as many drugs and booze as possible. No need to worry about student grants here as most are filthy rich and parade in designer clothes and drive luxury cars. Whilst this may not be an accurate portrayal of student life there is enough going on to keep the viewers interested. And like it's predecessor Skilns there is some fine young acting talent on display in particular Synovve Karlson who along with stunning looks has a bright future ahead.

Found the plot incredibly engaging and complex. It draws you in and you won't be able to stop watching until you've finished the series. Characters are complex and are very well acted with strong leads. The tone is dark whilst still maintaining some lighter moments. Overall a good watch that is thought compelling and exciting at the same time. Worth the time!

I read the description and expected it to be a banale teenage seeries. What I saw was an excellent Scottish crime drama. It's about young people yes, but then not only. Good plot, good actors.

Or, in terms of ratings out of 10, I would say 6-6-6-6-8-7. The first four episodes are slickly made but uncreative and predictable; the people you expect to be good are good and the people you expect to be bad are bad. Things get more interesting in the last two episodes, when the heroine doesn't know who she can trust anymore, and the focus switches to Rachel Hurd-Wood, who emerges as the real star of the show (she outacts, as well as outlooks, the rest of the cast). On the whole, the story could have been told in a two-hour movie - there wasn't really a need for six 45-minute episodes. A "take it or leave it" kind of show - no harm done either way.

Nothing has yet to top the impact Skins had on the british youth from its representation of class, poverty struggles and adolescent drama. Clique looking seemingly fill this spot using the backdrop of university fails to act as both a young adolescent drama and crime story. The story is unbelievable at best whereby the suspension of disbelief is trying to the viewer, yes the story doesn't have to be held to precisely real world dramas of a university student, but then again the shooting and setting of Clique attempts to lend itself to some sort of university cultural reality, which it most certainly does not succeed in. The nagging lead female character (I've honestly forgot her name) which pushes away her friends because one second your a saint before university and the next your a drug raddled prostitute taking part in university initiations is just hilarious. I couldn't watch more than four episodes before I tapped out and realised that what's been created should be forgotten.