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Customer Reviews
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Father Brown Delights
The quality of the stories alone make this set worthwhile. Far from being just another bunch of whodunits, each tale tells of some moral or theological problem. My favorite, "The Eye of Apollo," is full of contrasts between idealist cults and orthodox Christianity. As you might expect from the title, G. K. Chesterton explores the Nietzschean substrate of the cult and their search for power.
I have found that these stories merit multiple viewings, each time revealing resonances I had previously missed. I hope set 2 will be on the way soon.
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Father Brown and Kenneth More
I remember seeing some of these episodes on MYSTERY! many moons ago. I loved Chesterton's stories and these productions are very good. Kenneth More made a very good Father Brown, even though he was ill at the time. The productions are dated, but they are very well adapted otherwise. This is a very good introduction for someone who has not read Chesterton.
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Disappointing British Series
I am a big fan of British mysteries and had reasonably high hopes for this series from the reviews. Alas, I found them much less than I had hoped for. The stories and the acting, with the possible exception of Kenneth More, seemed sophomoric and overdone. The secondary actors (several of whom I am familiar with from other films) were way over the top, shouting and declaiming far more than the part called for amd much more than I have seen them do elsewhere. While some of the stories were pretty good and some were really pretty bad, the acting almost without exception made me feel as though I were watching an amateur play.The episodes all had a very stage-y feeling that became very wearing after a while. All in all, this series was a severe disappointment.
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Father Brown
I've been hoping this series would become available in the US and now it has. Good stories, good acting--nobody does period drama and mystery like the British!
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Father Brown - Set 1
Fairly good stories - Kenneth More portrays Father Brown very well; however, some of the stories seem trite. Closed captioning would be good.
