Five Minutes of Heaven

[SeanMacGabhann]

Put your smut-radars away

Five Minutes of Heaven, starring Liam Neason and Jimmy Nesbitt is on at 9pm tonight (BBC1) - do yourself a favour and give it a go

One review here

Kathryn Flett says:

"the result was as fine a TV drama as I've seen in a decade of reviewing. All that remains now is for me to apologise to Nesbitt, about whom I have often been unkind (and kind rather less often) but who here gave the performance of his career, though to big up Nesbitt is not in any way to diminish Neeson's contribution, which was crucial. All in all, Five Minutes of Heaven was enough to give a TV critic renewed faith in the medium - though, please God, never Faith, spare me that."

Amen

[????]

er...it was very good, um, last week

[SeanMacGabhann]

doh - I was mislead by iPlayer - I apologise

But go and watch it there anyway!

[matthew123]

It's on BBC One (Northern Ireland only) if you have Sky.

[bawdy-nan]

I thought the end was a cop out.

It implied there's resolution to be had and that resolution, if not reconciliation, is to be found in group therapy. It semed unlikely given the circumstances and strength of feeling.

The whole truth and reconciliation thing was what the drama appeared to set out to interrogate (ie the failure or impossibility of it) and yet the ending - both of them off the emotional hook - felt like an exercise in wish fulfilment and the bbc playing its responsibility card.

Excellent performances (though Jimmy N did veer a little towards his Mr Hyde - though that could be the pointy teeth).

[????]

I suspect Arthur's going to be crap though

[Sherwick]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> Put your smut-radars away

>

> Five Minutes of Heaven, starring Liam Neason and

> Jimmy Nesbitt is on at 9pm tonight (BBC1) - do

> yourself a favour and give it a go

>

> One review here

>

> Kathryn Flett says:

>

> "the result was as fine a TV drama as I've seen in

> a decade of reviewing. All that remains now is for

> me to apologise to Nesbitt, about whom I have

> often been unkind (and kind rather less often) but

> who here gave the performance of his career,

> though to big up Nesbitt is not in any way to

> diminish Neeson's contribution, which was crucial.

> All in all, Five Minutes of Heaven was enough to

> give a TV critic renewed faith in the medium -

> though, please God, never Faith, spare me that."

>

> Amen

From the same review: "it was about how a single act of aggression may resonate through time, across generations and infect every area of numerous lives, and how intensely hard that is to overcome, despite one's best efforts.".

Ne'er a truer word spoken.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Wash your mouth out Quids. It contains the blessed Clive Owen. And I don't give much for your chances if DM is reading this thread, it also has Ray Winstone.

[bigbadwolf]

At the end of the day if I witnessed my brother or any member of my immediate family being slain over who has the right to stay on working at an egg box factory I think I'm pretty confident in saying that I'd rain hellfire and damnation upon the unfortunate soul that pulled the trigger. In other words.............I'd murk the c@nt

Good show though.

[????]

Well at least one's a Hammer. The other's from Coventry... he supports Liverpool, obviously.

[????]

...mmmm....not looking good thus far

[LegalEagle-ish]

Clive Owen is hot tho.

[matthew123]

A little weak in the middle third, i.e. the 'Programme', but glad I watched it with a strong finish.

[louisiana]

I'm just getting 'This content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later.' Continuously. A Mac/streaming problem??

[louisiana]

Ah, it's finally sorted itself out...

[JetSetWilly]

i thought it was just about ok. i had high hopes as it was set in my hometown, but i was kind of disappointed as i know the place and knowing that the hill st area where he was shot has been rebuilt and neeson then sitting in a cafe in mourneview, then walking to kilwilkie and then finding himself in hill st again where the fight scene took place, was just not possible took the shine off it for me. yes it was a piece of fiction based on real events but it would have been properly served without the fight scene at the end, and instead a piece of dialogue between neeson and jimbob, to reflect the way peace and reconciliation has actually come to norn iron. the whole thing was made all the more disappointing when i found out it was made by the same bloke who made the excellent downfall.

[Mick Mac]

Arthur also has Kiera Knightley's luvly face,..and shoulders...and ....

Also - she's pretty handy with a bow and arrow - which I did not know. And that's on top of being a great footballer too. She has many talents indeed - not just a pretty face.

[LegalEagle-ish]

Got to admit she looked good in the battle scene. Most women can't do action hero convincingly, but she was pretty good.

[bawdy-nan]

Fight scene was very odd - felt like a western. Very interesting that you think peace and recociliation has been acheived - maybe I misunderstand ...