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Title: Warning, Kenneth Branagh ahead. Ripe ham alert!
Review: Based on the wonderful Henning Mankell stories this series could have been really good. It is NOT awful and certainly watchable. The production values are high and the cast(including Kenny) are fine actors. The problem is watching Ken Branagh be a great artist is just so painful.The Wallander character is a tragic burnt out wreck with all kind of issues dealing with his daughter, ex-wife, father and the bottle. The problem with this tv series vs the books is that too much screen time is spent beating you over the head with Wallander's suffering. The storylines and the mystery itself are secondary to almost endless footage of Wallander suffering and being confused. There is almost no time spent on the actual detecting of the crime or the other characters situation in life. So you have Kenneth Branagh hy-jacking the plot with mega suffering scenes.
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