Hello Ladies: The Movie

I really enjoyed the Show, & being familiar with Merchants work, i felt it was a very good effort all round. The cancellation of shows can sometimes be annoying, but with Hello Ladies, a TV movie to round things off, should maybe show other cancelled shows how to give a little bit of "payback" to people who spent time watching their show.

The film is nothing groundbreaking, but it is certainly entertaining & well worth just over an hour of anyones time. A good effort from all the cast, a pretty safe but steady plot, overall i scored this 7 !! Merchant did a great job with the series & a good job with the film.

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The series was so good, so well written characters and we had the time to understand them all. Here it is just another ordinary tale that says it all in the premise itself. There's absolutely nothing in this film. The story is cliché and typical, the characters are also very meh. I watched the film as soon as I binge watched the 8 episodes. Those 8 episodes were wonderful.

Hello Ladies (the series) was a show I really enjoyed.

The movie is far less bro-ish/lad-ish, which you will either like or dislike. I really liked the focus on pick up culture in the original series, but also felt the ending of season 1 was sappy for that reason and out of character.

On the other hand, this installment is more balanced, with more likeable characters. What it lacks in dry brutal commentary, it makes up for with a more coherent story. It still has a lot of delightful cringy comedy, but less toe-curlingly bad Gervais-esque humor.

Overall a fun experience, I'd recommend to both fans of the original series and those looking for a romantic comedy.

I'm so glad we got a wrap up to the series. I wish there was another season or two but the movie was really good! A few laughs, even some tears.

Stephen Merchant is great!

One of my favourite comedy shows of the past several years, I do not understand how it got so ignored. It does feel like Steven Merchant is basically playing himself, he has such amazing chemistry with his geeky friends and Christine Woods. I just find it very believable and love all the subtleties in the acting, just such a depth in it that you do not usually get.

I just adore this program, I know people are turned off by Steven Merchant's character but most people are like him. This isn't a fairy tale show of perfect characters, there is no black and white here, Steven Merchant plays a mostly likable grey character. Ultimately maybe that is why people cannot connect with him, I just find it makes his relationship with Jessica so much more believable. Speak of Jessica, Christine Woods is AMAZING! she is a natural Actress, can pull off the most subtle of acting and have it be so powerful... I believed her in every scene.

I really wish they did one more series and a special, I think that would be perfect.