Curapedi
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
thegulls1
The Brits are famous for casting odd character actors in certain roles-I.e. Robbie Coltrane as Fitz, the Cracker; or, here, David Jason as Inspector Frost. Once installed, you just could not watch anyone else in the role. They are transformed, as we see in the Frost series, when Jason wears his seedy white jacket and red scarf, just like the Frost in the book. Frost is unhappy, too absorbed in his detective work to enjoy life anywhere else, but too non-conformist to be be deeply admired by the Force. The series has now popped up on BritBox and so a Frost Renaissance begins in my household. Can I say: David Jason's facial expressions, verbal cadence and body language are poetry in motion? This is Art at the Picasso level. Jason can do, in one 5-minute sequence, more to demonstrate emotion or frustration than those CSI clowns show in an entire series. And, subtly, too- it doesn't look like acting-it just looks so real. Hail to the Brits for taking the time to produce a polished finished product.I recall one scene, where Frost is informing a Mom that her son was found murdered in a public washroom (face down in pissy water on the floor): I swear-the woman was pock-marked and poorly-dressed in the manner of a lower-class Yorkshire cleaning lady, sobbing her eyes out as Frost gives the details. Everything about her is flabby & unprivileged. How do you do a casting call for such a role? It is decidedly non-glamorous. It looks like the crew walked Jason into a tenement, knocked on a few doors until they found a local who could recite a few lines, and started filming!! Fidelity is what this series offers. Frost is an intriguing guy to watch, as he annoys his subordinates and supervisors, but manages to get results despite taking shortcuts. There's a little Frost in all of us, but sadly, we can't string the record of successes together that would give us immunity from THE MAN.
kikkapi20
I love this show! It's one of the best dramatic shows that I've seen in quite some time, with splashes of humor thrown in for good measure. That's only partly why 'A Touch of Frost' is such a good TV show.avid Jason does the author's character, Jack Frost, justice, with his portrayal. He adds humor and pathos to him, thereby making him that much more of a realistic character and a better policeman overall. That's what gives this show flavor overall -- just seeing that irrelevant humor every now and then, helps to make the show worth watching. The chemistry within the cast is good as well, they seem to get along well and they're all good actors. I look forward to seeing every new episode that comes out on DVD, due to all of that. One of my favorite scenes was in either season nine or ten (pardon me if I got the season wrong -- it's been a while since I've seen them), when Jack got the promotion (even though he threw away the infamous "Grey Mullet" -- that was one of my favorite running gags from that show, it never failed to make me laugh) and as he was leaving the show, everyone saluted him. It was a class act all the way, and I loved how he kept the picture of himself in dress uniform, it showed how much he had grown as a character. Hopefully the new season will come out soon enough on DVD, so I can again watch Frost and company go after the bad guys with class and style.Please bring back the good shows!
l_rawjalaurence
A TOUCH OF FROST is one of those detective series that seems particularly British in terms of structure; a leisurely plot-development with plenty of red herrings, lots of establishing shots to create 'mood,' followed by shot/reverse shots to create character-development, and a focus on the central character's private as well as public self. David Jason has a great time in the leading role: the camera highlights his facial tics that communicate much more than words ever can. He always has been a superb actor, both in straight as well as comic parts. The fictional town of 'Denton' where the action is set, is portrayed as a typically British provincial town; neither violent nor idyllic, but somewhere where crime inevitably takes place. Some of the episodes seem a little quaint now, in view of the social and political changes taking place in Britain over the last two decades; but they are still watchable as pieces of middlebrow entertainment.
roisfamily
Buy it, rent it, get it at your local library at the very least. You'll be glad you did.I am truly and honestly surprised a Touch of frost hasn't more reviews here. It has being ranked numerous times as the "Number 1 Detective show in the UK" and I couldn't possibly agree more.Jack Frost is a character to get into very easily. He is sarcastic, full of flaws and at times even questionably unhygienic. He's got a nose for detective work like no other always annoying his superiors. I love the fact that his instincts never fail him always thinking independently from his peers.This series wouldn't be as successful if the story lines were not as brilliant and deeply dramatic. Some cases are even to controversial for American TV, like the case of the mentally handicapped teen ager accused of murdering a child. EMOTIONAL TO THE MAX! I specially enjoy how most movie episodes seem to always have two parallel cases side by side that seem to end up related at the end. Very different, very original. The writer R. D. Wingfield is just such an out-of-the-box thinker, he's a genius.A Touch of Frost is such an enjoyable series, (specially the early and mid seasons) I watch all 42 episodes and consider my self very lucky to have found such high quality programming.By Dedoshucos.
