AFFILIATE PRODUCTS Item ID: #1359The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (The Complete First Season)Product Information:
Item DescriptionBased on the best-selling novels by Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency tells the uplifting fictional story of a Botswana woman who fulfills a longtime dream – and bucks daunting odds – by opening her country’s first and only female-owned detective agency. Item Reviews5 Responses to “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (The Complete First Season)”Leave a Reply |
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As someone who lives in South Africa and who is very familiar with Botswana, I must be biased, but I just LOVE this series. I find it utterly charming, hilarious, moving and quite authentic in it’s portrayal of the country; it’s landscape, assets and issues. These characters and their community have crawled under my skin…
I love the book series and was disappointed in this DVD series in only one respect. The principle actors are wonderful. The character of Mr. JLB Matekoni is exactly how I imagined him, the actor who plays him does a wonderful job. The actors who play Mma Rmotswe and Mma Makutsi are excellent in their portrayals as well. Though the actors are slightly younger and prettier that what I imagined the characters to be, that is the fault of my imagination, not the production. I loved the Botswana locations, the use of real Africans in the supporting roles and the use of native dialects on occasion. It is a fun series and faithful adaptation for the most part. The part I take exception to is the addition of the stereotypical homosexual hairdresser as a regular character. He does not appear in the books and, though his character adds an additional dash of humor, I feel that the addition of his character caused the series creators to diminish the roles of Mr. JLB Matekoni’s apprentices. One could always count on the immature, slacker apprentices to add a little hilarity to each book but they only rarely appear in this production. This cave-in to some producer’s homosexual agenda has resulted in a great loss to those of us who dearly love the books and the silly apprentices.
I borrowed this series from my mother and absolutely fell in love! The setting is beautiful, the actress is adorable, and the stories told within each episode are captivating. I loved it so much I bought the series for my mother in law for Christmas. I can’t wait to share this gem with her.
Just a quick note for anyone following my reviews. I bought this series for my mother, and I enjoyed sitting down to watch it with her. My mother was familiar with singer Jill Scott’s appearances on the Oprah show, so she was thrilled to see she could act. What carries this series is the cast, tremendous actors from the hairdresser to the auto mechanic, as well as the secretary who is also a junior detective in her own right. Great fun, and a wonderful exploration of a little-known country. Alexander McCall Smith’s childhood lends him a unique voice, and I am glad to see his mild stories brought to explosive life on-screen.
This is an excellent little series. The divergences from the books are not quite so glaring. The principles are excellent, especially Jill Scott as Precious Ramotswe.