Perfect Strangers, Stephen Poliakoff's TV drama, depicts an upper-class English family where distrust, dysfunction and despair are guests at the party. "As you know, in all families, things happen", says the cool Lindsay Duncan. That's the premise: things happen, some of them nasty. The family, once "mini-Rothchilds" and still "drowning in money", are gathered together in an opulent hotel for a grand reunion; the only thing wrong with the idea is that many of them are perfect strangers and the event begins to look more like a conference than an event with heart. Into... the blend of well-heeled guests comes the Hillingdon contingent led by Raymond (Michael Gambon), the black ram of the family. His son, Daniel, is a surveyor and true to his profession sets about assessing the fault lines running through the family. Underlying it all is a sense of unease so that even pleasantries come across as deeply unpleasant. Raymond warns us that: "Everybody always lies". Drama arises from the emergence of truth and buried bits of the past, as old photographs are screened to family members provoking curiosity about what lies behind the images. Scratch a surface and everywhere there's pain and mystery. Filmed in lavish London settings where everything is clean and sleek, Perfect Strangers makes for slick visual entertainment. Although the dialogue is stilted and at times surreal, the music by Adrian Johnston cannot be faulted. --Joan Byrne [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Winner of Best Actor Award for Michael Gambon at the BAFTAs 2002 Written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff Starring Michael Gambon Lindsay Duncan Matthew Macfadyen Claire Skinner and Toby Stephens with Timothy Spall When Daniel attends an extraordinary reunion with his parents he discovers a world he hardly knew existed Seduced by the glamour of this new world Daniel adopts the role of go-between for his glamorous Aunt Alice and his dazzling cousins Rebecca (Claire Skinner) and Charles (Toby Stephens) But even the most honourable of intentions have the potential to go disastrously wrong … Perfect Strangers Stephen Poliakoff&39;s TV drama depicts an upper-class English family where distrust dysfunction and despair are guests at the party "As you know in all families things happen" says the cool Lindsay Duncan That&39;s the premise things happen some of them nasty The family once "mini-Rothchilds" and still "drowning in money" are gathered together in an opulent hotel for a grand reunion; the only thing wrong with the idea is that many of them are perfect strangers and the event begins to look more like a conference than an event with heart Into the blend of well-heeled guests comes the Hillingdon contingent led by Raymond (Michael Gambon) the black ram of the family His son Daniel is a surveyor and true to his profession sets about assessing the fault lines running through the family Underlying it all is a sense of unease so that even pleasantries come across as deeply unpleasant Raymond warns us that "Everybody always lies" Drama arises from the emergence of truth and buried bits of the past as old photographs are screened to family members provoking curiosity about what lies behind the images Scratch a surface and everywhere there&39;s pain and mystery Filmed in lavish London settings where everything is clean and sleek Perfect Strangers makes for slick visual entertainment Although the dialogue is stilted and at times surreal the music by Adrian Johnston cannot be faulted --Joan Byrne --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title
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