And now for one that splits opinions. Some love it, some hate it, but everyone has an opinion on it. And I quite like it. Brendan O'Carroll plays Agnes Browne, the crass matriarch of an Irish family. Look, it isn't a particularly clever premise, it tends to rely on crass humour a bit too much, and by this point it's become beyond repetitive, but I actually have a soft spot for this one.
What I think it is for me is that it makes up for all of its shortcomings in very simple ways. It's not a clever premise, or an especially complicated one, but it compensates for that with how strong the characters are. Even if they are all played for laughs, the performances actually work like they're supposed to, and that really makes up for the simplicity of the whole thing. Yeah it uses a lot of crude humour, but it never feels nasty or mean spirited. Even when it falls flat, I always feel that it's heart's in the right place. Everything seems to be done with good intentions here, and there is a twisted warmth to the show that helps me forgive it when it puts a foot wrong. And if it ever feels repetitive (and it seriously does by this point), I'm willing to overlook that, because the cast do have a really interesting, believable chemistry (not surprising, considering that many of them are actually related)
Though this show's hallmark is that if someone messes up, they leave it in. Something like that could get annoying if handled poorly, but it's so ingrained into the ethos of this show that it rarely becomes annoying to me. Look, I get that not everyone is going to like this one, and I get why some people hate it, because it is love it or hate it. So yeah, I'm not going to say that this one is perfect, or that everyone is going to like it, but it is one that I do genuinely enjoy. Imperfect, but thoroughly enjoyable. I absolutely understand if you don't like it, because it is one of those shows, but I do enjoy this one.
But the movie is godawful. The chat show is okay though.
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