Cracker
"Fitz" Fitzgerald, Police Psychologist. He's abrasive. He's eccentric. But he's the best there is.
The American revival of Cracker stars Robert Pastorelli as "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a psychologist working with the Los Angeles police. Fitz doesn't fit the typical stereotype of a psychologist: he's a heavy drinker, a gambler, and wanders from his marital bed. He says exactly what's on his brilliant mind. But Fitz has uncanny success interrogating criminals; after all, he understands their vices, their weaknesses, and their perversities. If only he had as much success understanding his own family. Based on the esteemed British series.
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Cracker- NOT - Woody2
Why do the Americans think they can improve upon the original? This has lost the humour, grit and understanding of human failings.
My advice is to head straight for Robbie Coltrane and the original Cracker. Cracker of a failed marriage, booze and gambling, and complex relationsa with colleagues and family.do not bother with this - docfix
watched for about 30 minutes and had to return it to its envelope. this appears as if it was produced at great expense, fervently copying certain details from the original (even coltrane mannerisms), but without any believable, true grit. the original made you laugh, cry and at times, literally cringe in your seat. watching someone playing fitz and NOT smoking the cigarette that he's playing with in his fingers in most scenes made me cringe...this is seriously NOT worth your time.Ignore this and go straight to the British series - MysteryMerchantMan
I'm sorry; the late Robert Pastorelli was a good actor, but he just cannot hold an audience in the same way that the British series of the same name managed. The British originals are crisp, funny, and frequently heartbreaking, but always intelligent. Cracker is a driven, deeply flawed, abrasive but effective character whom you must dislike for the stories to work properly. This production is the watered-down version for US audiences, where Cracker is not quite so abrasive, cruel and horrible to his family; Pastorelli and the producers want you to like him, and it's wrong for the type of stories about flawed people that Cracker tells, or should tell. And in a couple of these stories, the script wimps out at the end, going for the "happy ending with all plot trails tied neatly off" -- the Brits never stooped that low. I think this would only be of interest if you'd never seen the British series and couldn't get it, or if you're a Pastorelli fan (from Murphy Brown), or if you have to have "family entertainment". I remember these being advertised as "hard-hitting," but they're just mush. Get the British series; you'll enjoy it a lot more.
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Cracker- NOT - Woody2
Why do the Americans think they can improve upon the original? This has lost the humour, grit and understanding of human failings.
My advice is to head straight for Robbie Coltrane and the original Cracker. Cracker of a failed marriage, booze and gambling, ...do not bother with this - docfix
watched for about 30 minutes and had to return it to its envelope. this appears as if it was produced at great expense, fervently copying certain details from the original (even coltrane mannerisms), but without any believable, true grit. the original made ...Ignore this and go straight to the British series - MysteryMerchantMan
I'm sorry; the late Robert Pastorelli was a good actor, but he just cannot hold an audience in the same way that the British series of the same name managed. The British originals are crisp, funny, and frequently heartbreaking, but always intelligent. Cracker ...