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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A brilliant adaptation of the Grossmith brothers' observations & reflections on Victorian suburban life. It would be hard to imagine a better Pooter than Hugh Bonneville, who perfectly captures the tiny excitements & righteous indignation that punctuate our hero's days. The sets and whole look of the production are deliciously observed, subtly capturing the style and snobbery of the time. Each episode is a heart-warming, witty and very human little domestic drama and you can't help thinking that Mr Pooter might almost be moved to write to his local gazette, enquiring why are there sequels & prequels rendered for all manner of quite inferior, tuppenny amusements and yet only one series available of this most excellent invention?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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As an admirer of 'The Diary of a Nobody' I found this DVD a considerable disappointment. The production is misconceived in two crucial respects. Although the original work is indeed a Diary the reader comes to inhabit a richly peopled world of diverse characters, their individuality enhanced by their distinctive speech styles and by Weedon Grossmith's lively illustrations. The DVD offers no more, literally, than a reading: Mr Pooter recites his journal to us. It's as though we are happening to oversee a radio performance. What visual embellishment there is consists solely of domestic furnishings.
To make matters worse Hugh Bonneville, although he gives a consistent and professional performance, is badly miscast as Pooter - too young, too beefy, insufficiently 'proper'and vulnerable. George Grossmith's text is characterised by an extreme sensitivity of observation and register. This production obliterated most of the nuances.
To make matters worse Hugh Bonneville, although he gives a consistent and professional performance, is badly miscast as Pooter - too young, too beefy, insufficiently 'proper'and vulnerable. George Grossmith's text is characterised by an extreme sensitivity of observation and register. This production obliterated most of the nuances.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I've read Diary of a Nobody several times and also own Arthur Lowe's brilliant reading of it. My view is this solo performance doesn't work. Arthur Lowe's did because you could visualise the missing characters when Mr Lowe provided their voices. In this performance you expect the characters to appear -- but they don't. For me this made it a lonely and somewhat thin performance. In any performance too parts are omitted. Naturally you hope the editor edited out less important parts. Diary of a Nobody is a short book and every episode and character works to provide the comic effect. Parts omitted here (and in Arthur Lowe's performance too) are vital to the comedy and plot development. I didn't finish watching and I doubt I'll return to it. I'd get more pleasure re-reading the book.
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Sublime acting bringing the idiot Pooter to warm affectionate life. Loved the book, this performance made me rethink the man. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mrs. M. J. Murray
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Having seen the immensely talented Hugh Bonneville perform Diary of A Nobody, in 4 episodes, it was essential we had it 'all in one', on a dvd,
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