Class

2016

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  • 1
6.8| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 22 October 2016 Canceled
Producted By: BBC Worldwide
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p048h1bz
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Coal Hill School has been a feature of Doctor Who since the first episode, but now we get to see the day-to-day adventures of the students coping with intrusions from space and time.

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Drama, Sci-Fi

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VividSimon Simply Perfect
Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
ardnael This show is completely different. It's sci fi teenage horror ish all in one. It's bloodier and has sex scenes inappropriate for children. It is, however, entertaining if you go into it thinking of it has an alien sci fi series. I think it's quite creative in its invasion ideas. The writing, yeah it's teenage based thinking. I enjoyed it for what it was.
GusF This "Doctor Who" spin-off was pretty decent overall but far from exceptional. None of the episodes stood out as being particularly bad but none of them stood out as being particularly good either. It often felt like it was trying (perhaps a little too hard...) to be "Buffy" but it lacked the razor sharp dialogue, superlative characterisation and strong plots, to put it mildly. When it comes to genre shows which are centred around schools (at least initially), "Buffy" is on another level to "Smallville" but "Smallville" is on another level to "Class", I'm afraid. Taking itself far less seriously would have probably helped matters. It really overdid the whole "tragic backstory" malarkey. Giving a character a tragic backstory does not automatically make them interesting nor, for that matter, does a character need one to be interesting. April's backstory was the worst of the bunch. It was obviously intended to provoke sympathy but the strongest reaction that it provoked in me was, "Christ, not another sob story!"Charlie, Miss Quill and Dorothea Ames are quite interesting characters but the only human Coal Hill student that I actually liked was Matteusz. His family problems were certainly the best realised but there wasn't much competition in that regard. Charlie and Matteusz's relationship was very well handled and well acted by Greg Austin and Jordan Renzo. It was the only element of characterisation on the series with which I was entirely satisfied, quite frankly.The other characters were kind of...flat. Even with all of the stuff with Corakinus and her father, April was pretty much a non-entity. So was Tanya. Fady Elsayed was utterly dreadful as Ram, which is a shame because his PTSD in "The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo" after witnessing Rachel's death in "For Tonight We Might Die" had the potential to be a very interesting story arc. Then he got over it ridiculously quickly when he started his utterly unconvincing (and almost as uninteresting) relationship with April. Oh well."Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart" - a title which I love, incidentally - and "Brave-ish Heart" had the most in the way of flashes of brilliance but almost all of them were contained in the B-story. The stuff with April and Ram in the A-story was a real chore to get through as was the stuff with her father. That said, April's relationship with her mum is sweet and at times quite touching. A greater focus on that would have been appreciated. The Shadow Kin were somewhat ineffectual as the series' main alien menace. I found it very hard to get excited about them, really. When it comes to the B-story, the killer petals were a very cool and creepy threat and easily my favourite sci-fi aspect of the series. I could well imagine the killer petals fitting into "Torchwood" extremely well. Charlie's moral dilemma about using the Cabinet of Souls was well done to boot.As it stands, the series represents a missed opportunity. There are quite a few good ideas but the execution is sorely lacking when it comes to most of them.
Geek Girl I understand that most adults wouldn't enjoy this show but this show isn't meant for adults. Class my not contain the best acting or writing I've ever seen but it is interesting with an engaging plot and mostly likable characters. I also really liked that the main character was openly gay and in a happy relationship, being that I myself am gay. It's not a show for everyone but people need to remember that this show isn't targeted for everyone. In my opinion it was a great show, that I loved, and I really hope that season 2 is going to be confirmed soon.
MrWeenie It would be nice to have a show that sometimes explores social issues in a constructive way, for young viewers. This show has a character, Tanya, who has prejudices, who generalizes about people of a certain color, but it's not presented as though her stereotyping is wrong. There is no evidence of oppression shown against her in this series, and all of the people closest to her, who she generalizes about behind their backs, seem are completely fair, good and decent to her. I realize her sort of attitude is common and often accepted lately, but if you're going to have it in a show, no matter how common it's become or what direction it comes from, it should be addressed, otherwise you risk offending some of your viewers. So, the writers of this show are recklessly bad, and that's also apparent by the overall lack of quality episodes.