Mary Sue in Australian is Phryne Fisher. The only original part of this series is that its heroine is quite old, and so - all the signs of Mary Sue are present.
Is the heroine rich? Yes.
Does she belong to high society? Yeah.
Is she terribly progressive? Yeah.
Does he know how to fly an airplane? Yeah.
The prince really does not fall for her, but all sorts of men of smaller caliber periodically entertain her in bed.
What's so cute to do? Of course, you can solve crimes!
But if you are waiting for an interesting detective, then you will be disappointed. The detective plot is very weak and uninteresting. She is present in the series only to show how cool and progressive the heroine is and no one, whether a Zionist or a circus hermaphrodite, will remain unavenged, even if the whole society is mired in LGBT prejudices (and a bunch of other things) against her.
Does the show have any pros? Of course. Almost all the supporting characters are pretty cute and well played. Actually, the actress playing Miss Fisher herself is pretty and plays well - but no matter how you don't play Mary Sue - it won't work out well. You have to overplay and twist, and therefore the result is predictable. . .
The suits are still good. And the scenery depicting Australia of the 20s is very good. But that's all, in principle.
You want humor, you better watch Jeeves and Worcester. Want a retro detective - Poirot with David Souchet is still not surpassed.
This is probably something that someone might like, but I would recommend spending your time on something more interesting. . .
In this series, I like almost everything, although the action itself resembles a production in the theater (but for me it is even a plus). The actors are carefully selected, and the main character is inimitable and charismatic, she carries the viewer with her, while remaining incredibly light and feminine, all thanks to the efforts of Essie Davis.
Detective stories are quite primitive, but some of them are not without sudden twists and intrigues, and villains (criminals) are well-documented.
I like that all the secondary heroes in their own way attract, there is not only the assistant GG, inspector and constable (where there are no representatives of the law), there is also a combat butler, the adopted daughter of GG, a rich aunt Prudence, as well as handyman Bert and Ces, who are able to protect, and attack, and in general all the hands of the master.
I want to pay special attention to the outfits of the main character, Miss Fisher’s wardrobe is full of dresses, and not only, but also all kinds of jewelry, handbags and mantoes.
The most beloved is the Christmas episode, and the most unloved episodes with a global story about the sister of the main character.
I am very much looking forward to the full-length film in the open access, as this is literally the return of beloved heroes.
Although I have long been registered on the film search, this is my first review. I started watching this series out of boredom, not really counting on something super-outstanding. I was fascinated by the fact that he was dressed. Before watching, I did not check the country of production, and for some reason I was sure that the British film (after all, who can do it so well, if not them?), besides, the humor was somehow very similar to English. But when they started mentioning Melbourne and the proximity of China, I got an illumination, I ran to check the country, and voila - Australia! I've never watched anything Australian, and I'm really drawn to it, and it seems like the best thing I've seen in a TV series lately. I didn't expect it, so bravo, Australians!
I’ve seen Essie Davis before (Ms. Phryne Fisher) in other films (The Woman with the Pearl Earring, The White Princess). From what she recently saw was The White Princess, in which she reincarnated, if not the villainous Queen Mother, then the heroine, who is not particularly sympathetic. In general, there she looked a little frightening with her intrigues, both internally and externally. And here's the thing - her Miss Fisher is just amazing! Maybe moments at close frame and bright light and visible wrinkles, but her flirtatiousness and mischievous disposition sometimes throws her a dozen years. I haven't read any books, so I don't know how old Miss Phryney really should be, but Essie Davis looks quite plausible and easily copes with the role of a wise and experienced woman, and without that, it's hard to solve a crime, so yes, I believe her! She is also incredibly attractive, and I think this is the merit of the actress herself, because she was so used to the image, so “turned on” the seduction that would disassemble her heroine carburetor, all stained and with ruffled hair or would fix broken sewers, she would still be incredibly attractive, so femininity comes from her! Yes, Miss Fisher carries a gun with her, but her real weapon is her eyes, because she shoots them at random.
The costumes in the series deserve a separate mention. I never really liked the fashion of the 20s, these straight unattached dresses made the female figure expressionless, but the stylists worked for glory! The images of Phryne are bright, with a riot of colors, beads and feathers and almost non-repeatable - it is simply impossible to take your eyes off them!
Fryney: Can we have some champagne for the night?
Jack: Not in such a dangerous hour. And not when you're in such a murderous dress!
I am amazed at how Jack (Inspector John Robinson) was a bachelor and, according to the script, managed to withstand the siege for so long - that is what police resistance and straightening means! He held very well, despite the fact that between the heroes there was a furious “chemistry”, and sparks flew in all directions, and each time the situation became more and more heated. I've never seen this actor, and at first Nathan Page's character didn't strike me as something extraordinary. In the beginning, there was no particular hint of any love relationship, and the inspector himself in the first series was not so much, because we were introduced mainly to Fisher, her environment and childhood. But then there are ironic jokes, hamstrings, long glances, flirting - and the viewer begins to realize that something is happening. All in all, Nathan plays well and looks very organic with Essie. These two turned out to be a great tandem: it’s a real pleasure to watch the comic situations that happen between their characters (dance with fans in the Imperial club, Christmas in the snowy mountains).
Fryney: Looks like you'll have to be content with my company...
Jack: It looks like we both have to be content with each other's company.
The other actors also did not fail: the Catholic companion Dot, the Protestant constable Hugh Collins, the meticulous aunt Prudence, the assistants Bert, and the butler Jack: What is it this time?
Collins: Miss Fisher is on vacation again, sir.
Jack: Has anyone been killed yet?
Collins: Uh, just one so far, sir.
The series itself is very light, and the detective and love lines do not make the gyruses particularly strained. And any conflicts on the basis of feelings, as a rule, are quickly resolved in the same series or at the end of the next one, so you will not have time to especially worry about how everything will be fine, which seems to me a special plus, because sometimes you want to relax.
I came across someone’s idea that the third season was exhausted, but I still liked it. Yes, in my opinion, there are a couple of unsuccessful episodes in terms of a detective story (I didn’t really like “Blood of Juana Mad” (Season 2)), and who doesn’t have them... In this case, the quality stylization of the 20s for me more than covers all the plot flaws. Of course, if you are looking for a very strong detective series to “help”, then this one is hardly suitable. While watching, I was not particularly tormented by the question “Who is the killer?” No, rather, the detective here is more like a background on which the characters of the characters are revealed, so I mostly enjoyed the retro entourage and acting.
In the last season only 8 episodes, but recently it was reported that the writers and actors are already working on the whole film and a sequel is expected in 2018. We'll wait!
So you may like this series because it contains:
- Magnificently recreated atmosphere of the 20s-early 30s of the 20th century
- Beautiful outfits
- Excellent actors
-Picy humor
-Good soundtracks
- Adventures
10 out of 10
I suggest! For autumn evenings, this is the best!
Fryney: Well, then until the next murder.
Jack: I'll be looking forward to him ... I mean, I'll be waiting for his investigation.
Phryne: Of course!
Tired of watching the 10-season Canadian saga about the infallible, not subject to any of us, weak and passionate, passions, Inspector Murdoch, decided to switch for a while to something less global in length and more free in purity of morals, and (oh, joy!) caught the eye story of Lady Detective Phryne Fisher. Three seasons, the first two of 13 episodes, and the last, when the rating of the series fell below nowhere, and at all 8-series.
I don't know, maybe the Australians have so many good detective series that they've rejected this one, but I liked it.
The whole intrigue, as almost always in this kind of tapes, rests on the duet à la Holmes-Watson. It's up to you who's who. Rich, energetic and very free views of Miss Fisher and calm, adhering to several puritanical views Detective Jack Robinson. Together, this very effective team solves a lot of crimes. And Miss Phryne does not miss the opportunity to win not only in the battle of minds, but also to experience the greatest possible number of bodily joys.
The screenwriters acted very cleverly, creating a kind of “inner circle” of the lady-defective: her companion Dorothy, a convinced Catholic, whom communication with Fryney Fisher internally transforms, her fiancé – Protestant Hugh, the best friend of the main character – smart Dr. Mack, who (oh, the limit of tolerance!) is also a lesbian, a completely charming grumpy Aunt Prudence, in fact the kindest and compassionate, butler and two friends of the “Shate” – Berhate and two friends. Everyone adds a handful of raisins to a pretty Australian movie concoction.
I liked the main character, rather reckless, but very decisive and fair, capable of compassion and standing much higher than most of her blinkered contemporaries. She shoots perfectly, dashingly drives a car, flies on an airplane and generally deals with horses and huts without the slightest strain.
Jack Robinson, a stern police inspector, looks a little more like Murdoch, but his stiff moralism gives way to the defiant immorality of Phryne, so that the viewer can watch with pleasure as our heroes step by step come to the conclusion that they are connected not only by corpses, but also by something more pleasant.
Perhaps the denouement is a bit rapid. Apparently, the series finally expired and on the 8th episode of season 3 the creators fused, so they quickly resolved everything. This is quite logical.
The series is stylish, atmospheric, many old cars, heavy technical devices, which are now familiar to us and look somewhat different. For the female contingent, an unthinkable amount of breathtaking beauty of clothes in the style of the early 20th century, jewelry, feathers, handbags and other girlish joys. In general, quite a cute spectacle, tireless and claiming nothing. It’s a beautiful, beautiful series for a rainy day.
P.S. By the way, on Murdoch, the Australians "passed" - after all. The main villain from the first season is called Murdoch Foyle.
Since her first appearance on the screen, Ms. Phryne Fisher has not let me go. The image created by the works of Essie Davis and the screenwriters is just candy. The lady detective is graceful, she interacts perfectly with the outfits of the bohemian 20s; playful, which only costs her shkodny look, smart and very freedom-loving. Perfect, in a word. At the same time, she has a vast baggage of experience and skills, which is also amazing.
All the main characters of this story have a lively and harmonious character. Of course, Jack and his relationship with Phryne deserve special attention. These indescribable sparks from the very first meetings are kept on standby for many series. Constable. What a sweet boy. Dorothy is a modest Catholic girl who discovers new abilities. A wonderful duet of taxi drivers, former workers, a difficult butler, an aunt, exactly an aunt and not just an aunt.
Everything is in its place and everything, as it should be in the 20s, closer to the 30s. The spirit of the times is supported not only by beautiful music, social and private parties, outfits, household items, decoration of houses, but also by the most pressing problems, ranging from personal to motives of crimes. The subject of Egypt, which I adore, is played so murderously here. Abortion and homosexuality have been repeatedly discussed, and I will keep silent about the influence of religion.
P. C. It is much more pleasant to watch the series in the voiceover "Lexicon".
To the positive that was said about the film (with which I absolutely agree), I want to add my positive feedback about the love line.
I started watching this series solely for the stylization of the 20s (at the highest level!) and an easy detective for relaxation, but then I was hooked by the love story of the main character. "Are you without magic today, Miss Fisher?"
- I wouldn't say that.
" Do you believe in a current between two people?
- Absolutely!
Naton Page is absolutely convincing, emotional, serious and ironic. It is impossible to imagine another actor in this role.
The only thing I lacked was more development, but this is not melodrama.
In other words, without this plot, the series would not be so intriguing.
I recommend to everyone who is bored with the rapid development of relations, and who appreciates acting without words.
8 out of 10
In the XX years of the last century, there were not so many ladies who could control a gun, a helicopter and men at the same time. Well, in Melbourne she was alone, and her name was Miss Phryne Fisher.
Oh yes, this is the era in which women already wear trousers, do business and have the right to freely dispose of their funds. Despite this, the proud title of "Lady Detective" is new and eccentric. Aunts gash, men squeak distrustfully and sometimes contemptuously, and even the police, who have to face as the investigation is a separate story. It is good that there is a certain loyal and interesting detective inspector.
The relationship between Jack Robinson and Phryne Fisher is one of the main advantages of the series. Ironic and ambiguous, without a touch of excessive sweetness, which can destroy the stunning “chemistry” between their characters, developing from series to series. Few series can boast of such. The worst of the samples have two ways: to quickly bring the characters together, and then bring down trifling problems on them, or to stretch mutual confessions until the viewer decides that it would be better if they did not converge.
But it's not just the relationship between the two detectives that makes this series great. The investigations they are engaged in are quite entertaining: from spiritualistic seances and missing girls to invulnerable pursuers and ghosts from the past. A circus, a ladies' studio, a military base, a film set - these are not all the places that the restless Miss Fisher managed to visit.
The visual component will delight even those who will not like the series itself. The streets of Melbourne, the interiors of houses and, of course, the innumerable outfits of the lady detective, are painstakingly recreated and are a real pleasure for the eyes.
Miraculous and secondary characters: the sweetest Hugh Collins and Dorothy Williams (the transformation of which from a modest and shy maid to a free-thinking assistant Miss Fisher deserves special attention), Mr. Butler (butler with a stock of weapons, what else can such a controversial lady have) and Burt and Ces, who for his mistress a mountain.
The third season has recently come to an end, and it would be good if it is not the last. Still, Miss Fisher promised to return, and then how to know where the wind will take her! .
Not a bad light detective series. The action takes place in Australia, when the First World War is long over, and the Second did not think to start. Australia is like Victorian England with a slight provincial raid - rich aunts, companions, devoted majordoms, frivolous hangers - a complete set of classic detective.
The main character is a typical vamp woman of the 30s: frivolous, wealthy, with a turbulent past, energetic, dissolute, kind, independent, not recognizing secular conventions. She fought, flew in an airplane, stormed Kilimanjaro, etc., etc. By the end of the first season, her character becomes more voluminous.
The main character is surrounded by a devoted Catholic companion, in love with a Protestant police officer, a pair of retired soldiers are masters of all trades - from driving to surveillance, fights with bandits and illegal entry into the premises, a representative police inspector who laid his eye on her, a devoted butler, a conservative aunt, a lesbian doctor friend, a foster daughter, a coachman and horses ... So it is not necessary to be bored, the action develops quite rapidly.
The series periodically reminds of tolerance: gays, national minorities, immigrants, feminism – all these topics pop up.
The main antagonist is called Murdoch - an air kiss to Canada.
Don’t expect much drama, but you can enjoy the show on Saturday night, especially for ladies. Men don't throw up either.