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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: John Thaw stars as Joe MacConnell, a highly respected, principled and charismatic NHS plastic surgeon who seems to have it all: a wonderful, supportive wife, three lovely kids, a beautiful home and a fulfilling job that he is passionately devoted to. But while Joe helps rebuild the shattered lives of his patients, his own emotional wounds prove more difficult to heal. And when the fiery, alluring Louise (Frances Barber), a clinical psychologist, appears in his life, he is torn between his deep love for his wife and his consuming and ultimately destructive desire for his younger colleague. ...Plastic Man - Complete Series
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I Found this movie rather unsatisfying. The role of the doctor, (John Thaw) and his wife (Sorcha Cusack) and the mistress, (Frances Barber) were all extremely well played and but were rather two-dimensional as people, and the in the end, the mess made and the lives of all three negatively affected was the way such stories go. So why was it so "been there, done that?" Even the sub-plot, the dropped-out son and the street couple didn't have much credibility.
Perhaps they were so married to their respective roles that the humanity was compromised. Doctor, psychiatrist, housewife were defining roles, and at the end, we have a fallen-from-grace doctor, an sacrificial-lamb psychiatrist and injured housewife, but all the ins and outs of the story don't seem to have changed them much. This film runs more on symbolism than personal growth, and as such it lacked warmth and humanity. But it was a good story of a particular type, well told and superbly acted.
Perhaps they were so married to their respective roles that the humanity was compromised. Doctor, psychiatrist, housewife were defining roles, and at the end, we have a fallen-from-grace doctor, an sacrificial-lamb psychiatrist and injured housewife, but all the ins and outs of the story don't seem to have changed them much. This film runs more on symbolism than personal growth, and as such it lacked warmth and humanity. But it was a good story of a particular type, well told and superbly acted.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was looking forward to seeing John Thaw in this series, a series I have not seen on TV.
But after the first two episodes I did not find the characters at all engaging, I could not get interested in them at all.
Later in the episode, when his son dies, I found the following scenes lacking authenticity. It was as if he had lost a pet dog or a cat - not his son. He did not seem to grieve at all after the first impact.
The various sub-plots were rather laboured and predictable - dialogue not too good either.
A very mediocre series.
But after the first two episodes I did not find the characters at all engaging, I could not get interested in them at all.
Later in the episode, when his son dies, I found the following scenes lacking authenticity. It was as if he had lost a pet dog or a cat - not his son. He did not seem to grieve at all after the first impact.
The various sub-plots were rather laboured and predictable - dialogue not too good either.
A very mediocre series.
17 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Enjoyed this series, a bit of everything in it, family life, affairs,all good acting. A very good drama
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john thaw,excellent actor,nice to see him in a different role ,than one used to seeing him in. good story
Published on 7 May 2010 by Gemma Ryan
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This is a story about a family with each member living his or her life, sometimes in a most unanticipated way that leads to unexpected consequences.
Published on 21 Feb 2010 by Chelsea Girl
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