Inspector Morse - Cherubim & Seraphim

Starring:John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe, Amanda Hillwood, Clare Holman
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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Teenagers
Worth a Sunday Afternoon
Haunting, real: the hidden lives of teenagers
slow and dragging
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Inspector Morse - Cherubim & Seraphim
Starring: Inspector Morse
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
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ASIN: B0000A2ZNB
Release Date: 2003-09-30

Customer Reviews:

Teenagers.......2006-12-27

This entry is worthy as a good mystery, but not up to par with what we have come to expect from this series. Our usual topping or icing which usually is opera, non-operatic classical music as well as romance - and to a lesser extent literature and art, cannot be found. And because of this, other "filler" material is substituted - in one of the featured roles the character could be eliminated without any effect on the plot whatever. However we do learn some very interesting information relative to Morse's teenage years.
Now the curmudgeon finds it extremely difficult to deal with drugs and rock, without alcohol - he just cannot comprehend our youth in such an environment. In an interesting aside he calls Lewis by his given name "Robbie." This is worth a view, but is well down the list of Morse episodes.

Worth a Sunday Afternoon.......2006-07-10

This was a very good episode of the Inspector Morse series. First of all, it let the audience in on a part of Morse's past that we hadn't explored before and also let us know about Lewis's life at home with his family as well. It also brought home the dangers of these modern day raves that teenagers attend and all the different drugs and sexual activities that they are exposed to when they attend such events. Mr. Thaw was really at his best in this one. He can certainly rest in peace because he left us a lasting legacy of brilliant work as Inspector Morse.

Haunting, real: the hidden lives of teenagers.......2005-07-11

I believe the Morse series to be outstanding. Only the Wonder Years matches it for quality and exceeds it because of the W. Years' timeles themes, not just for teenagers. But Morse is top-notch and it is doubtful any actor has surpassed John Thaw in making a series so gritty, real, so compulsively watchable, no matter how weak the stories (and there are some weak ones). The secondary roles are well done, the photography is excellent I have read three of Colin Dexter's (originator of Morse) novels and they are far, far inferior to the televised version-which is unusual. Cherubim and Seraphim does drag a bit, but the theme, the anguish, the pain trumps its over-length. Young people do take drugs for a variety of reasons and this twist on the kind of drug they take is quite clever. There should have been more scenes of teenage partying. But if you watch carefully, you may recognize that the main theme is the vulnerability of humans and the inability of Morse to fully comprehend teenage angst and the attraction of euphoric drugs. Given his liquor addiction and his love of opera (INSIGHT: most operas border on the edge of madness either in part or whole: it is interesting that Morse loves opera so much. It is worth an analysis). Beginning should have spent more time on Morse's step-niece while she was alive. But this is a judgment call by the writer and director--they went for big dramatic effect without development of character. This was one of the best Morse's--family emotion, young people and drugs, Morse's feeling for his niece (largely it seems because she was highly intelligent, like Morse himself--very true to life). Highly recommend this episode and all Morse episodes--I've seen all but three. Of all the mystery-suspense serieses put out by Brit. T.v. this is by far the best.

slow and dragging .......2004-08-30

This is an un-typical Morse. It is very slow and drags on. They took 50 minutes of plot and padded out to a 100 minute program by making the scenes much too long and adding irrelevant scenes.

The other more bothersome feature is the culturally lower class behavior of all of the characters, including the ones that have jobs that would ordinarily be held by middle class people. It is bothersome to see someone with a job that requires a college degree acting like an inner city slum dweller.

Time Capsule Morse.......2003-07-28

If there was any program that got the closest to reflecting correctly life in Britain during the 80s and 90s, it was Inspector Morse.

While "Masonic Mysteries" and "Last Seen Wearing" are probably the best of the mysteries, "Cherubim and Seraphim" is the one that captures the British 80s/90s Zeitgeist best. The direction of this program is as good as any well-done British thriller.

It was end of an era. Now you'll understand Peter Hitchens.

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