31 out of 31 people found the following review helpful:

Rent this today!

D Black from Surrey, 16th August, 2007

Having been on the inside of politics in the UK, it’s astounding how close this comes to the reality. This truly is the British answer to The West Wing. The only great travesty is that there have only been 6 episodes plus a couple of specials ever made. I can only recommend this for those with a strong stomach for verbal abuse as it is truly and assault on the ears of endless swearing. It’s in a similar style to The Office but altogether darker, more twisted and you’ll cringe at all the characters! The Malcolm Tucker character (played brilliantly by Capaldi) is a tour de force in the “Alistair Campbell” type role. There’s a deep cynicism and rawness at the heart of politics and The Thick of It portrays this superbly. Don’t rent it if you liked “Yes, Minister” :)

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32 out of 46 people found the following review helpful:

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A Customer from UK, 23rd June, 2008

FREQUENT USE OF THE "F" WORD CANNOT BE TYPICAL OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PALACE OF WESTMINISTER AND IF IT IS, NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE "TURNED OFF" POLITICS AND POLITICANS

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24 out of 34 people found the following review helpful:

Disappointed

AMB from , 29th August, 2007

Bit lame, feels dated already. Lacks any subtlety or originality. Oooh, there's a character that's like Alistair Campbell - big deal.

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14 out of 14 people found the following review helpful:

THE BAR HAS BEEN SET

Jonesy101 from , 6th July, 2007

You will find at least one killer line in every five minutes of every episode of what is without question the best British comedy series this decade.... if not the last decade as well. I can't compliment it enough so I'm not going to waste any more of your time gushing about it. Just hit 'add' and look forward to it arriving in the post.

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Brilliant

LGF from , 1st November, 2009

Very powerful comedy. I missed the original TV shows so they are not quite as topical now. But the content is brilliant, the language not for the faint hearted but the finished article is very entertaining

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Very funny and very smart

Martin77 from , 19th July, 2009

so good that you forget that they are all actors.

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Laugh till you feel really quite ill

jordanchaos from , 10th July, 2009

No use in trying to explain this, its a cringe worthy double deal-a-thon where everyone is bent as a 9 bob note. More sweary than a drunk Gordon Ramsey.

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3 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Brother put me off

SisterKaff from , 20th June, 2009

My brother put me off seeing it, which is pathetic, but I respect his opinion.
He explained that it was childish and that the men were irritating and the only character he liked was the woman, and considering he normally finds women irritating, and men to be rather fine, was saying something.
I'd been hoping for a House of Cards interbred with Yes Minister, which my brother assured me it wasn't.
I leave the default rating as I'm only reporting someone else's views.

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