It's hard to describe what is truly sublime about this comedy drama without appearing gushy and incoherent. Depression is a condition that is rarely talked out and often misunderstood - even by the people who suffer from it.Flowers tackles the subject head-on and the results are a gloriously confused, achingly beautiful depiction of a torment that's all so difficult to describe.The dark humour lays perfectly amongst the bleak photography and surreal imagery. There have been negative critiques given of the absurdity of certain situations within the shows own universe. The reality that exists in the heads of the Flowers family and friends is heightened. No real clue is given to their location. It almost exists as a construct of the main character's mind. Every main character gets proper development and emotional impact, especially towards the end.From personal experience, it's impossible not to relate to this on a deeply personal level. It way stay with me for a very long time.Will Sharpe. Thank you.

This is a great dark comedy about an extremely dysfunctional and odd family. It has an honest look on depression and how it effects yourself and the people around you with a humorous twist.Anyone who comes from a dysfunctional family (which I'm sure is most) or has even had depression I'm sure could relate to the struggles and sometimes comedic goings on within. The cast are all excellent and Will Sharpe himself plays a great part in uplifting some of the darkest moments throughout. Olivia Coleman and Julian Barratt are incredible. I'm hooked and I think Will Sharpe as a writer will go far.

Remember when Channel 4 was home to edgy, intelligent comedy, subversive music, cult films and late-night, stoner-vision staples such as Vidz? Me too. Albeit through a hazy vignette next to memories of carving flints and ducking pterodactyls.All the more surprising then that Channel 4 should spring Flowers on us. At first glance a sort of grim fairytale about a dysfunctional family living in darkest Surrey, but also an often genuinely funny and heartfelt character study which has had me both laughing out loud and tearing up more often than I'd want to admit.The characters are of course what drive Flowers. Julian Barratt, as a depressed children's author, gives every bit as fantastic a performance as you'd expect, while a special mention deserves to go to lesser known Sophia Di Martino, whose portrayal of creepy, socially isolated daughter, Amy, could've been one-dimensional, but is played with an almost profound depth and sensitivity, and soon becomes someone you genuinely find yourself caring about.Will Sharpe's writing displays a maturity beyond his years, along with a wonderfully surreal and original sense of humour.Of course not everyone will warm to it. It starts off depicting a failed suicide attempt – clearly its main intent is not winning over Daily Mail readers or the easily offended. It pulls no punches in its depiction of depression, but also manages to find a strange beauty in it. It's somewhat near-the-knuckle in Sharpe's depiction of his own Japanese heritage, and may even raise a few eyebrows with its tongue-in-cheek conflating of "feminist" and "lesbian".But the whole thing is sewn together with such rare intelligence and sensitivity, not to mention beautiful cinematography, that you never get the feeling it's opting for cheap laughs.There's only one more episode to go, and I'm already missing it; looking to re-watching it; and annoyingly and incessantly pushing it on family and friends.

This black comedy simply isn't either black or a comedy. It's a painful program to watch about a group of misfits with little in common.however, if you can accept that this unappealing group of people with psychological or psychiatric problems are all related then it could be seen as entertaining. that's if you enjoy going to the dentist and having teeth removed without any medication.I wont say don't watch it because perhaps someone somewhere will enjoy it that isn't either related to the cast or the author of this preposterous program.somehow it manages to have half a dozen characters that are just almost believable put together in a melange of bizarre melancholy. each character on their own in a normal setting could be the slightly batty aunt/uncle/sister/daughter/friend that some groups of people have.however, put them all together and it all becomes just a tremendous waste of time.