AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
tgilroy-78100 The first time I watched it I thought it was dull. Then I happened to watch it one night when I was flipping channels. Oh my god I laughed so hard. It's just dumb funny comedy. Like watching the Office. I don't watch every episode but when I catch it I laugh each time. The characters start to grow on you.
richbrutus Mr D started off as a pretty funny show. The jerky, arrogant, hating his job, know it all teacher that gets himself in awkward situations all the time. Fair enough. When watching that show I was literally smiling.Recently, and I mean the last three seasons, I do not find myself smiling anymore. I go more like, hmm, OK, but I keep watching it, because I hope that it will get as good as it once was. The main reason I believe it to be is that the sidecharacters on the show, are starting to get on my nerves. More and more they become stuck in stereotypes. Like Trudy, she used to be funny, now she is just mad or Gerries roommate, (Bob or something) used to be OK, now he is just bitching at Gerry the whole time. There are too many negative vibes coming from that show now and I don't like that. The sidecharacters are more and more one dimensional, one trick pony kind of characters, not good. Also, why not going further into the marriage of Gerry and Lauren Hammerseys character. Lauren is a nice woman and it could be funny to see some development in that, in stead of just leaving it at what it is, and get their marriage annulled again. Lauren as a principle was a good move as well so, why the writers wrote her off after one miss, unbelievable. Gerry could maybe awaken a little bit and admit that he likes her, you could get them to live together, but that would change the setting slightly, see how that plays out. The little teacher, Pauls girlfriend, should go. The librarian, out. Mr, Malik, brilliant character. Trudy, awful character, way too dominant.Now at the end of last season Gerry and Lauren got married, there were maybe two episodes, the writers have done something with that. At the end of this season, Gerry gets to teach gym next year, his life long dream and Lauren gets fired over nothing. A little bit more explanation of the characters to each other would give this show a little bit more realism and even could give it some dept. However dept might not be what the writers are looking for. I think they just want to ,milk this show until it falls apart by itself. Classical 2016 mentality use it and toss it. Well good luck with it anyway, and I see it when it appears again, but would actually not surprised at all if it ends here.
sommervr This is the same type of cringe humor displayed by the Office but maybe a little gentler with a Canadian slant.I am finding as I get older that there is a significant proportion of the population that won't get shows like this and these account for the negative reviews. If you liked "Two and a half Men" or think Tim Allen is the funniest guy ever don't watch this show. There is plenty of stuff more to your taste available.Gerry is an egotistical ass and he plays it pretty straight. The humour hits like a car crash in that it is unavoidable and a prisoner of the momentum of Gerry's failings. It has a sweet heart though with the kids who are in on the joke from the start.
huxley edwards This review only covers where I'm at so far - I'm playing catch up here and I'm at episode 7 of season 1.I think Gerry has a unique approach at standup - and this TV show is no different.One thing I must give it a negative with is some of the very derivative acting and situations from other TV and Films. It's here and there but not too distracting. Give and take so to speak.Now the thing I notice people hating on in the comments is the basic outline of the show. The guy is an ass. Reviewers go on to say this is just the way Gerry is. Well sorry to tell you people, when it's on TV and scripted - it's called 'acting'. It's not the way the guy is. Possibly taken from situations the guy was in or possibly things he did in the past - but it's a stretch to just throw the concept out because they truly think he's just getting paid to be an ass-hole to everyone and making everyone feel uncomfortable on the set. I'm amazed we are in 2014 and many people still do not understand theater - especially the wonders of film-making. It's a mystery I see to many.I would rank this TV show higher but I'm just starting to view it. I will re post a review once I get to season 4 and see where they have taken the characters and the show. It's no where near perfect show, akin to a bag of chips and some concentrated orange juice. Salty sweet and makes you feel a bit sluggish but happy after.I must say - it's uniquely Canadian in it's approach.. for the good and the bad. (I am not a fan of many of the Canadian production techniques)
