Thursday, January 2, 2025

Movie #3348 ........................."A Man on the Inside" (netflix) Season 1

 Movie #3348 " A Man on the Inside" (Netflix) Season 1 -- I saw a foreign language film a couple of years ago that was nominated for an oscar, and it dealt with an elderly person hired to spy on crime in a nursing home.  I just remember the hiring of that elderly man was one of the funniest bits I had ever seen in a movie.  Then, this shows comes along and uses the same premise and opens with a funny scene hiring the guy --- many elderly people trying for the job don't even know how to use heir phones --- funny scene. After that first show, there are 8 other episodes dealing with a crime investigation undercover by Ted Danson, who becomes a resident in this facility to work covertly on the crime spree.  The cast is full of accomplished elderly actors, and this part fits Ted Danson like a glove --- it's well done, and because it did so well in season 1, the creators are trying to come up with ideas on how to continue the show into a second season.  I'd give this show a 5 out of 5 --- very funny and good, and you can't get better than Ted Danson here.

"A MAN ON THE INSIDE"  Netflix      Season 1      2024     9 episodes, 30 mins each

Charles, a retired man, gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a private investigator and becomes a mole in a secret investigation in a nursing home.

Director:  Rebecca Asher Morgan Sackett, Michael Schur, Anu Valia

Writers:  a whole bunch of people, each writing one episode

Actors:  Ted Danson, Sally Struthers, Mary Elizabeth Ellis

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