The No. 1 Ladies' Detectives Agency - The Complete First Season (2008)
Mature themes
| Actors: | Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, Desmond Dube, Thabo Malema, Tau Maserumule |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency celebrates Botswana, "the finest place on God's Earth," as surely as a woman’s intuition. Precious Ramotswe (Grammy-winning singer Jill Scott), after her father dies, sells his cows and opens an agency, because she "wants to do good." So, the "traditionally built woman" (in the words of Anthony McCall Smith, who wrote nine books about her) leases the old Gabarone post office, hires hyper-efficient secretary Grace Makutsi (Anika Noni Rose, Dreamgirls), and gets down to business.
With sassy hairdresser BK (Desmond Dube – Hotel Rwanda) and smitten mechanic JLB Matekoni (Lucian Msamati) cheering her on, Mma Ramotswe becomes a combination detective/feminist icon, sharing "endless cups of red bush tea" with her clients, encouraging women to take charge of their lives, and tackling tricky cases involving missing persons, duplicitous daddies, dangerous dentists, and unfaithful spouses (MI-5's David Oyelowo plays one of them). Produced for the BBC/HBO and filmed in Africa, the first season eschews gunplay and profanity for a fresh take on the small-town mystery series. Like Agatha Christie's Marple, but with fewer dead bodies, Mma Ramotswe depends more on her wits than technology.
| Status: | QuickPick |
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| Run time: | 300mins |
| Origin: | UNITED STATES |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
Member Reviews (10)
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Where's series 2?
olive
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I enjoyed this very light hearted movie
SelbyM
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The books were good and the visual translation is probably even better. This is about good story telling in a different context. Whatever differences there are between the books and the film, they haave been introduced to make the series work.
Glenys
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I'd read the books ages ago so this was nothing new. But I loved the wholesomeness -so easy to watch - and the scenery is superb.Gentle, witty and faithful to the origianl.
LouiseCC
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I love the books, so will give these a go. Hopefully I won't be disappointed. Just one point however..... the writer of the books is Alexander Macall Smith NOT Anthony MS.
R. Rothwell
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Light and enjoyable. However, one needs a break between different films of the Ladies No1 Detective Agency.
Robin Evans
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The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency is a really good watch, its good clean wholesome humour. I first saw it in Mexico and now I'm going to get it again on Quickflix so that my partner can enjoy it...
bp
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Loved it - good, clean fun and true to the books.
Julia
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Lovely show -I'll have to watch more episodes now. Jill Scott is quite charming in the title role.
nof
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If you liked the books, then you can't help but love these adaptations, I sat through the whole 3 hours with a smile on my face. The feel of the film is gentle and funny, and the characters are all portrayed beautifully. They have done Mccall smith proud!