An Inspector Calls

Absolutely appalling, totally unconvincing performances by every single cast member. Loosely based on the great JB Priestley play, this film is a very pale imitation.

You can definitely tell that the actors tried there best in this version but some of the performers, such as John Farries for Arthur Birling, are just not convincing and his acting is quite frankly cringe-worthy. The only decent thing about his performance is his more mild manners compared to his social superior and wife, Sybil. The best actor on set is probably Jason Farries as Gerald Croft. Sheila's and Eric's performance were decent as well. As it turns out, most of the younger actors are the ones who did the better job. The dialogue as well seems to deviate from the original script to an extent. Inspector Goole's temperment is off and is not assertive enough. Overall, it's okay and great that it's free to watch on YouTube but it's definitely not the beat.

I'm not even saying this just because I studied the play, this is absolutely horrific in every conceivable way, one of the worst things I've ever laid eyes upon. Watching this makes a 10 hour testicular torture session from Hades look like a spa day. I wanted to pour disinfectant on my eyes for every soul suckingly horrendous frame of this steaming pile of dung. What an absolute heap of visual faeces. I wouldn't wish a full viewing of this tripe on my worst enemy. The fact that this won best ensemble cast is beyond me, if this is the best, the worst must be a group of decomposing corpses. I wish nothing malicious upon the cast and crew, I just pray to every God that has ever been believed in, that they never attempt anything like this ever again. I've seen better acting from a parapalegic cow.

I've watched at least two previous versions of AIC and ten minutes into this one (which I watched on YouTube) started to wonder and nearly switched off. Like others, I was not impressed by the acting of the three older actors, though the younger ones did well enough.

At one point I wondered if this was a video of a local dramatic society's production but, as far as I can make out, those involved were a bit more than that, and I gather that they all worked very hard.

Under these circumstances, then, a reasonable effort and there's no reason why it shouldn't be on YouTube (where many DIY efforts are far less worthy).

But who could compare with such "inspectors" as Alastair Sim and David Thewlis?

A fascinating video version of this classic British drawing room play by J. B. Priestly. Very well acted. Not the simple formulaic story you might suspect from the early scenes.