FilmMcCool

What a stupid beginning, a girl not involved in the Intelligence community inserts herself into the middle of an investigation where the agent is so paranoid he is not even contacting any of his fellow agents when he is safely back in the US even though the enemy has agents all over the place trying to kill him, the plot is so ridiculous. Then that girl begins demanding answers to stuff she can't know or be told, it is so foolish I could not watch any more after the 1st episode and half of the 2nd, the very beginning of the 1st episode when they are in Bangkok is not bad but it's all downhill after that.

This is not a bad movie per say but it's lacking any real rock and roll lifestyle. Never do we see Amy or Blake using Heroin or being in withdrawls. The whole movie appears to be about showing Winehouse in the best possible light whatever the truth of the situation. BTW nobody is introduced to heroin unless they are open to it, ime. The best thing about the movie is the music and the lead actor Marisa Abela is top notch but it's not her fault the movie took this approach. This is not a bad movie but it could have been so much better, while her time at the top was short relatively speaking there was much more going on in her life.

This review is mainly in respect of Season 2. This is a Top Notch Production. I watched Season 1 of the Responder and while I enjoyed it it was not the best TV stuff I'd ever seen but still very good. However Season 2 is just better in all respects, Martin Freeman is a joy to watch. Outside of Liverpool people nobody would even suspect he is not a Liverpudlian, his delivery is spot on. He drags you into his character as do most of the other actors. The scene in the movie where Freeman arrives at the house looking for Vernon and the two women pretend to be a bit do lally is hilarious. The police officers are portrayed as ordinary ppl with all of the issues life throws at us and all the actors raise to the challenge. Great TV, don't miss it.