Losing Gemma

I was surprised to see such low ratings for this ITV drama. While not brilliant it is not at all bad. When two tourists meet creepy Zac, played brilliantly by Jason Flemyng, I thought another 'Bankok Hilton' type drama was to unfold. Well, although a prison did feature in a small way the story went down a different road. Alice Eve as sensible Esther and Rachel Leskovac as the ditzy blonde both played their parts well leading to a decently entertaining couple of hours.

I have read this book a few times and each time i found it hard to put down because of its utter brilliance!! How disappointed I was when i excitedly sat down to watch it on t.v. I have never seen such a load of rubbish. The acting in it was just terrible, card board cut outs could have done a better job, the characters were all wrong and the story line was completely different to the actual book. What a terrible, terrible mistake they made, sticking to the actual story would have done them the world of good although still the acting would have been poor. What a waste of time watching that was and i strongly advise that if you have read the book DO NOT WATCH THE TV MOVIE!!!!!

Why bother writing about such an obvious pile of crap? I consider my down time to be very valuable and as such am affronted by such made-for-TV tat eating up precious hours of my life.

It opened promisingly: the independent, inexplicably moody girl looking out for ditsy blonde on their big trip to the subcontinent as blonde gets the girls into more trouble than they bargained for. Mysterious fellow befriending them but turning out to be quite sinister. Even when the chick turns up dead there are possibilities for a Bangkok Hilton-type nail-biter, but no such luck: the acting is *woeful*, the characters bounce around in a series of inexplicable and unrelated incidents, the plot has more holes than a colander and the ending...

If, like me, you find yourself in front of the TV one night wondering whether to bother staying up for the end, I'm here to save you the agony. It really, really, really isn't worth it. The ending could only be less satisfying if it involved a sing-along in cowboy costumes. What a waste of a gorgeous set and a perfect opportunity to produce something decent. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Having just sat through 3 hours of Losing Gemma, I am pretty close to losing the will to live. To say this sorry piece of Drama was bad would be like saying St Christopher liked a trip or two. Where do you start, let's begin at the script or should I say where did a script begin. quite simply the worst piece of writing I have ever encountered .The writers must have had at least 95% of there Brain cells removed before the first word had been written. The actors next, well you know the how you feel when you relieve the most embarrassing moment in your life, how you inwardly cringe when you remember every moment of that nightmare! Well this is how the actors will feel when they have to do interviews in the future and probably will pray to God they can ask there agents to leave it off their C.V. when going for new jobs. I could go on, but I will sum up "Losing Gemma" by saying that this drama should be a pre-requisite in all future terrorist interrogations, Just threaten them with having to sit through this will I am sure have those prisoners spilling there guts before the TV is turned on. File under "Movies for Morons"

Awful acting!!! Predictable storyline!!! Terrible camera work!!! All in all, totally pathetic! :(

Should imagine the book is OK, but this TV adaption was truly awful. The weak and predictable storyline could be forgiven as light entertainment, but the acting was so, so bad that it made this program nosedive a million mph!!!!! Not one of them could act, especially the leading characters of "Gemma" and "Esther" who were so bad, I was cringing throughout and wishing they'd stop being so stiff and wooden! And Zack, could they not have chosen someone who at least has a little good looks? Casting a middle aged ugly guy with yellow eyebrows and eyelashes as someone who can manipulate girls and make them fall for him...????

Give this a wide berth, it's not worth it. paint your hallway and watch it dry, your time will be much better spent!