Lizzie and Sarah (TV Movie 2010) Poster

(2010 TV Movie)

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10/10
Amazing and sadly overlooked
kirby-rachela27 March 2013
Why oh why didn't this pan out into a series?

Although a very dark comedy, parts of this are dramatic genius and are so closely linked to reality that I just cried with the sheer injustice felt as these two warm characters struggled to keep their family units together at sacrifice to their own happiness.

I think the BBC are too afraid of the power of the Post-menopause generation...maybe they think it'll give middle aged women ideas.

I have heard that there are even Facebook groups demanding that the BBC have a rethink on this Pilot. If they aren't interested then why can't Baby Cow productions urge Sky to act on it and produce it.

I want to see Lizzie and Sarah escape to some happiness and joy, and hopefully some young hard-body Brazilians!
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10/10
I wish we had the BBC in the USA
maf-4025 March 2010
Well, we have BBC America i know. But I'm talking about a way of making ground breaking TV without the restrictions of writing for the advertisers. Julia Davis has become the number 1 female writer actress in the history of the UK. An is is up there with Chris Morris and Ricky Gervais.

Lizzie and Sarah looks like it's going to be one of the best comedies of our time. It's certainly the best start to a show I have ever seen. I remember seeing 'The Day Today' and 'The Office' for the first time. I had the same feeling then, that I was about to be engrossed for a long time into some awesome characters.

Julia Davis seems to have gone darker here that she did in Nighty Night. Brilliant!

Well done the BBC!
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6/10
Entertaining half hour
Horst_In_Translation4 December 2015
Warning: Spoilers
"Lizzie and Sarah" is a 29-minute short film from the UK that was released 5 years ago. The director is Elliot Hegarty ("The Middle") and the two writers are Julia Davis and Jessica Hynes. This duo also plays the title characters, which may be one reason why this worked out so well. They knew exactly what they wanted and I am totally willing to deal the aging makeup if it looks so realistic. Both actresses are considerably younger, even more so in 2010. I thought this was a pretty entertaining watch. The dramatic moments were as tense as the comedic ones were funny. It's also easy to understand for a non-native speaker like myself. This pilot episode was never followed up on sadly, but I am not really mad about it. I may have watched a series with these two, but who knows what it may have looked like after they killed off 3 major characters in this short film already. Possibly, it would have been completely different. It's good for what it is. watch this short film if you get your hands on a copy. I recommend it.
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