"Pushing Daisies" (2007) Série TV 2007-2009

Note des utilisateurs:

8.5/10   

Creator:

Bryan Fuller

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Comedie | Drame | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Accroche:

life. death. and life again.

Plot:

A man has the power to bring dead people back to life.

Plot Keywords:

Minute | Murder | Pie | Surrealism | Diner

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 30 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Nice idea, lousy... umm... execution

Ensemble

Lee Pace	...	Ned (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Anna Friel	...	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Chi McBride	...	Emerson Cod (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Jim Dale	...	Narrator (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Ellen Greene	...	Vivian Charles (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Lily Charles (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Olive Snook (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Field Cate	...	Young Ned (22 episodes, 2007-2009)
Sy Richardson	...	Coroner (11 episodes, 2007-2009)

Durée:

60 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Son:

Stereo

Classification:

South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG (season 1) | Australia:M

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Jinks/Cohen Company

Anecdotes:

After ABC canceled the show at the end of 2008, the last three episodes of the 2nd season remained unaired until German TV-channel Pro7 aired them in March 2009. This means, the last three episodes of the show had their world premiere on German television and were not aired in the US until May 30th through June 13th 2009.

Guillemet:

[repeated line]
Olive Snook: Jiminy Crispies!

Nice idea, lousy... umm... execution

I was intrigued by the premise of Pushing Daisies, and I liked the people involved with it--Lee Pace acting, with Fuller and Sonnenfeld at the helm. I should have known it was the kiss of death for this show (pun not really intended). The two producers are kings of the one-season series, not always because of their own fault. If this one goes down, however, it might just be their fault. From the very beginning, this show suffered from "Look How Clever I Am!" syndrome, with its cutesy names for everything, and it's painfully self-aware narration (do we REALLY need to know how many MINUTES old every damn character is), and its dialoguey dialogue. OK, not everything has to be hyper-real, but if you want us to invest our time and our care into a series, let us forget sometimes that it's a series. Let us get lost in the tale, and forget about the telling.

Another big problem for me is the premise. Bringing the dead back to life for a minute to tell who killed them--it was the premise behind the very first episode of BBC's Torchwood, the exact premise. That threw me from the beginning.

So I fear that without divine intervention, Pushing Daisies might soon be pushing daisies.