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Overall, Ashes To Ashes isn’t terrible, it is a perfect example of ‘difficult second album syndrome’.

An improved second series that has more recurring plotlines and less irrelevant crimes of the week.

That the whole thing works so well is a tribute to the po-faced matter-of-factness of the approach and the exuberant charm of the execution.

For farce to work well, the plotting needs to be watertight, whereas here the sheer excess of characters fails entirely to cover up this film's flimsy underpinnings.

Life changing events are signaled so far ahead that tear ducts have withered by the time they explode.

In the literal act of performance there is room to talk about self as performance, and that is where High-Rise is strongest.

Underlying everything is a sense of nihilism and borderline amorality in the face of destruction.

This is a mood piece.

Apart from the women/cattle cliche it is difficult to tell where the dagger of disapproval is directed.

Many of the performances outshine expectation.

The performances are crucial to the success of the production. They exceed expectation.