Archie (2023)

Watchseries; This film has hardly anything to do with Cary Grant and it's all about the strong, young Dyan Cannon and her revenge on Mr Grant. Mr. Isaacs is good, the rest is rather mediocre. Episode 1 was ok, because Ms Cannon was not in it. The rest sounds to me like my auntie complaining about her husband. It can clearly be seen the way Ms Cannon portrayed Mr Grant's mother.

This is the third biopic based on a book by an ex wife, and they all seem to be the same. Vengeful, biased to the extreme (I can't believe that Ms Cannon was always the victim here for example), and never really exploring the character the biopic is all about, but the reaction and judgements of a disgruntled former partner.

This film has hardly anything to do with Cary Grant and it's all about the strong, young Dyan Cannon and her revenge on Mr Grant. Mr. Isaacs is good, the rest is rather mediocre. Episode 1 was ok, because Ms Cannon was not in it. The rest sounds to me like my auntie complaining about her husband. It can clearly be seen the way Ms Cannon portrayed Mr Grant's mother.

This is the third biopic based on a book by an ex wife, and they all seem to be the same. Vengeful, biased to the extreme (I can't believe that Ms Cannon was always the victim here for example), and never really exploring the character the biopic is all about, but the reaction and judgements of a disgruntled former partner.

Archie watchseries. I was very disappointed. I don't usually go for biopics but I loved all his films and was interested in who he really was -- beneath the, sauve, handsome, debonair actor. This was definitely not a story about Archibald Leach aka Cary Grant. Outside of a few snippets of his personal life, there was no real insight into the man himself. I didn't want the story about Dyan Cannon. Seemed like an attempt for her and her daughter to capitalize on Dyan's story. Which isnt that interesting. Not even a good actress. Truly disappointed, particularly since Britbox usually delivers outstanding stories. The two stars were for Jason Isaac.

Cary Grant was always one of my favourite film stars.

When I saw this series and Grant being played by Jeremy Issacs I thought he doesn't look anything like Grant and it would be terrible .

How wrong I was. Very quickly Issaacs became Grant in a compelling series of the man behind the name 'Cary Grant' .

Binge watched the 4 episodes and found it riveting .

Isaacs plays Grant brilliantly

Can't really say much else, but need to fill out the required wordage to say I think it is certainly worth a watch particularly if you enjoyed Grants' films and gives a riveting glimpse behind the persona.

The characterisations here are definitively subpar. No one looks or sounds like the people they portray, except for Laura Aikman, who looks quite a bit like and acts very much like her part. Therein lies the rub. Far too much effort to get that right that everything else fell by the wayside. The title is a misnomer, to say the least. It's not about Archie, it's not about Cary. It's about Dyan. It should have been called "Dyan, Me, Me, Me and the 6 years I spent with that guy to whom I've served up a narcissistic manipulation pie with a light sprinkle of powdered truth".

He said it best, everything is a confrontation to her. And every confrontation in this lifetime movie of the week is a character assassination for every acquaintance she makes. Everything that goes wrong is always someone else's fault. He does drugs, he sold the dog, he's overbearing and controlling, his mother is a beach, his biz partner is a time stealer. Despite all her obvious flaws, the production makes everyone else out to be the bad guy and poor misunderstood her. Every scene is manicured and curated to paint everyone else in a bad light, and even when you think that maybe there's a bit of balance here, it quickly turns to self-victimizing pandering, expecting the audience to be too stupid to see it.

An excellent study into the true character of a bitter ex-lover, but very little in the way of the person for whom we were duped into thinking it was about. It might think it's subtle, but it's not.

A troubled young Archie Alexander Leach takes off from his troubled young life to pursue a life of fame, he would become Hollywood Legend Cary Grant.

One of the drama hits of the year, this four part series really surprised me. In recent times I've gotten into Grants films, so it's been nice to learn more about him.

It deals with his early years, his family life, and his bizarre and tempestuous relationship with actress Dyan Cannon. I don't think it necessarily shows Grant in the best light, but I can't say it's changed my opinion of the great man.

Terrific production values, this is a terrific production, it looks phenomenal, great costumes, sets, cars, it's also an interesting snapshot of the time, we see Grant having medical LSD. I wish it had explored Grant's relationship with Randolph Scott a little more.

Isaacs gives a superb performance as Cary Grant, showing once again that he's an actor of true talent and versatility, it's unlike any other performance from him that I have ever seen.

Huge credit to Calam Lynch and Oaklee Pendergast, who also played the main man to perfection.

Laura Aikman and Harriet Walter are terrific in support.

9/10.

Started watching this mini series with high expectations since I think Issacs is an actor worthy of playing Cary Grant. Cary Grant being a most remarkable actor with a very interesting life. However it is the script that is not worthy of telling the story of Grant's life. Inaccuracies in his early life which are unnecessary. The real story is fascinating so why the changes? Then I felt that Dyan Cannon seemed to be the focus of the story rather than Grant himself. I had not noticed the credits until episode 3, the mini series is based on Cannon's book. That explains the absurd imbalance of how much she features in the script. So I stopped watching before the end. I would like to see a film about his life but this one is very poor indeed.