The Durrells in Corfu, a Masterpiece family comedy about The
Durrells, a widow and her four children, who move from an
industrialized city in England to a small island in Greece that has
no electricity. It seems that their new found simple life brings out
the best and worst in each family member, but they of course also
learn how much they love and need each other despite annoying the
hell out of each other.
I thought it was written and played
very well and reminded me of romantic travel comedies such as Under a
Tuscan Sun and All You Need Is Love, both beautifully shot and
featuring people who've experienced pain or some kind of life
distress and the opportunity of newfound love in a lovely new
location. How nice is that?
Spoiler Alert! My only issue is the issue that comes up in the last episode: Mrs. Durrell finds out her
fiancé is gay and calls off the wedding. I thought that the issue was
dealt with in a rushed manner. I feel like they could have given it
more than five minutes to develop, climax and close. Not saying
anyone having to do with the show is homophobic or anything like
that. It is just that that particular story vector went by in a oddly
quick way.
I would most certainly watch this again
because I think it was well made and fun, so I'm giving it three
stars***.
I watched The entire season, which
originally aired on PBS in The States, on Amazon.
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