rphshell
I felt sorry for the good actors who played in this series. They did a good job of trying to salvage an awful script that jumped all over the place, and at times was difficult to follow.
Charles Herold (cherold)
As a fan of the Cormoran Strike books, I looked forward to seeing them brought to life. But ultimately I felt like they were only half brought to life.It's hard to say what it is, exactly. I thought the leads were well cast. The first episode has a very stylish, intriguing intro. But the series just lacks personality. I watched all from the first book and found it nothing but watchable. The first book's strength was its more realistic portrayal of detective work as painstaking and detail oriented, but that is, unsurprisingly, flattened out in the adaptation. While the first series left me cold, I still watched the first episode of the second season, which comes from my favorite book in the series Once again, I just found it difficult to keep interested. I decided I would stop there.While perfectly watchable and fairly true to the series, it all just lacks something. I was never pulled into the characters lives or into the mysteries.
davehaydock
The balance of not to gory but not to miss daisy...great characters who grow on you....really good bbc tv at its best...love tv series that have ends...so fed up of american series that that do ends that are ambiguous ..so they can make new series if popular
Paul Evans
It feels like ages since we've had a Private Investigator series on mainstream TV, enter Cormoran Strike, from a series of books penned by J.K. Rowling. I have to admit my expectations were high, and after ten minutes of watching The Cuckoo's Calling I realised I wasn't to be let down. This series is absolutely incredible, of course the plots and production values are impeccable as would be inspected, but it's the performances and character play that are the key. Tom Burke, always a quality actor, has possibly found his star role as Strike, he is absolutely brilliant, as is Holliday Grainger, the pair work beautifully together.I can't decide if I preferred The Cuckoo's calling or the Silkworm, both are superb. Awesome guest performances from Sian Phillips, Monica Dolan, Tara Fitzgerald, Martin Shaw, Tim McInnerny, and a huge shout out to Leo Bill.Bring on Career of Evil. 10/10
