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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Fast forward a decade and This Life + 10 re-introduces Miles (Jack Davenport), Milly (Amita Dhiri), Warren (Jason Hughes), Egg (Andrew Lincoln) and Anna (Daniela Nardini) in a one-off, 90-minute special. One of the group has become a commercial success after writing a book based on their friendship and a TV production company is keen to film the group's reunion. Discover how the group's lives have changed and whether they are friends, lovers or enemies - or all three! ...This Life + 10 ( This Life Plus 10 ) ( This Life + 10 - One-Off Special )
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I'm amazed at such poor reviews. I actually thought this was a particularly good portrayal of the original housemates from the 90s. All the actors slipped back into those roles effortlessly, like a decade had never past. What was incredibly true is that we never end up where we thought we would in life. With Anna as the exception to the rule - and let's face it, we all knew she'd make it big as a barrister, even in the early days - none of the original lawyers stuck with it.
This Life +10 sums up the lives of this lovely dysfunctional Southwark family since we last saw them while still leaving enough to the imagination. I love them for their flaws and warts and all. Could we have done with a mini series rather than a crammed feature-length? I would say so but hey, I'm just utterly grateful to have been able to have reacquainted myself with these guys and I think it shines through that the actors feel the same.
Love it, love it, love it!
This Life +10 sums up the lives of this lovely dysfunctional Southwark family since we last saw them while still leaving enough to the imagination. I love them for their flaws and warts and all. Could we have done with a mini series rather than a crammed feature-length? I would say so but hey, I'm just utterly grateful to have been able to have reacquainted myself with these guys and I think it shines through that the actors feel the same.
Love it, love it, love it!
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I bought this despite the reviews and so wished I didn't. I didn't even finish watching it as the plot was so unbelievable and it was just plain weird. Despite the same actors, the original characters weren't there. The original series was brilliant with the greatest ending a television series has ever had. Yes, I wanted more and for years wished they'd do some sort of special. Do yourself a favour and be happy with the glorious original and forget about this horrendous 'special' as it will poison your love for This Life. I have already disposed of my copy of this trash.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was slightly disappointed the first time I watched this and I asked myself why. I realised it was because the characters had all got older, lost the magic of youth and promise (especially Anna), and yet were still having problems navigating their way throgh life. Just like me! Was it the truth hurting?
I have now watched the series three times on DVD, each time followed by this additional episode. I have always thought this follow-up a complex, clever and interesting piece of writing by series creator Amy Jenkins, and I increasingly think it is psychologically accurate too.
Miles has finally got away from his father and become more confident and relaxed and mature. The marriage with Francesca didn't last - no surprises there. Egg has written a bestseller based on his own life, and was given the motivation to finally write something by his pain at Milly's betrayal. Many people who have gone through a traumatic experience find they have a vivid story to tell - but only one, as Egg finds. Milly's stormy relationship with best friend Anna during her time as O'Donnel's mistress, followed by their friendship reasserting itself, was convincingly reprised in this episode. (Another neat echo of the original series was the use of the documentary film-making of the reunion. This enabled the kind of private confessions from the characters that were such a memorable feature of the original.) Miles and Anna have both sorted themselves out enough to be able to have a truthful relationship and achieve closure. I loved the scene where Warren and Anna plan parental happiness together. ("Turkey-baster?" "Of course!") The more you ponder, the more you see how the developments in the characters' lives are rooted in their pasts.
Of course, we would love to know what happened to Kira and Joe and all the others, but they were never part of the core group, and their presence would have been implausible in a reunion of close friends ten years on.
I think many reviews are being unfair to writer Amy Jenkins. Let's face it, when you meet friends again after a ten year break, it always involves some disillusionment and reappraisal. And you've changed too!
I have now watched the series three times on DVD, each time followed by this additional episode. I have always thought this follow-up a complex, clever and interesting piece of writing by series creator Amy Jenkins, and I increasingly think it is psychologically accurate too.
Miles has finally got away from his father and become more confident and relaxed and mature. The marriage with Francesca didn't last - no surprises there. Egg has written a bestseller based on his own life, and was given the motivation to finally write something by his pain at Milly's betrayal. Many people who have gone through a traumatic experience find they have a vivid story to tell - but only one, as Egg finds. Milly's stormy relationship with best friend Anna during her time as O'Donnel's mistress, followed by their friendship reasserting itself, was convincingly reprised in this episode. (Another neat echo of the original series was the use of the documentary film-making of the reunion. This enabled the kind of private confessions from the characters that were such a memorable feature of the original.) Miles and Anna have both sorted themselves out enough to be able to have a truthful relationship and achieve closure. I loved the scene where Warren and Anna plan parental happiness together. ("Turkey-baster?" "Of course!") The more you ponder, the more you see how the developments in the characters' lives are rooted in their pasts.
Of course, we would love to know what happened to Kira and Joe and all the others, but they were never part of the core group, and their presence would have been implausible in a reunion of close friends ten years on.
I think many reviews are being unfair to writer Amy Jenkins. Let's face it, when you meet friends again after a ten year break, it always involves some disillusionment and reappraisal. And you've changed too!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
This Life +10
As a big fan of the original series I enjoyed it, thought it was well done. The only thing I would have liked was perhaps more explanations for the years in between.
Published 4 months ago by Jennifer
10 years on
It was interesting of course to follow the lives of the main characters ten years later and give it a really final ending but I found everything moved much more slowly than the... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Jane Simspon
This Death
For those of us then 20 somethings who loved and even identified with the superb original series 1 & 2 in the 90s and were left feeling cheated and hungry for more by the explosive... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Vinegar Tom
Absolutely awful. And that's not just Miles' hair.
It felt like someone had accidentally sent a rough draft of a This Life follow up to the BBC commision office instead of the sharp, carefully crafted conclusion to the brillant... Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2010 by L. Eden
Avoid this like you would a giant plague-ridden rat
I'm compelled to add my voice to that of the many people who decry this abysmal, misconceived and entirely worthless afterthought to the two excellent series of This Life. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2010 by Max Planck
Bitterly disapointed
This life series 1 and 2 was fantastic, however very few TV shows have had a successful comeback after a prolonged period of abscence. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2009 by A. L. Oliver
This Life +10
I had never seen this before and I found it very interesting to see these people 10 years later.
ost enjoyable. A great buy.
ost enjoyable. A great buy.
Published on 15 Mar 2009 by Mr. J. Naven
HMMM
If you loved This life, you'll hate this...sorry but it just doesn't work...OK I 'm being subjective but this really sucks..I wish it didn't
Published on 17 Feb 2009 by J. E. Holmes
This Life minus 10
This Life is a really good series and i bought this to follow up the drastic cut off of the end of the second series. What a disappointment! Do not purchase this - save your money! Read more
Published on 12 Feb 2009 by Jason W. Marlin
Loved it!!
Firstly to say,I watched the original series 1 and 2 when they were initially aired and last week, watched them all again via the boxset. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2009 by jaycee2
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