I didnt have much time for the novels that this derives from,but ,felt i should give Anthony Minghellas last work ,a watch,and ,of course it was an exclusive for us U.K cineastes..The books are meant to be funny,but were also easily derided as simplistic,and a bit dodgy,as they are written by a "posh" white englishman,and the characterization seems not a little trite,verging on the racist...but maybe that's just my lilly livered liberal ass? Screening on BBC T.V. on Easter monday (DVD release soon i guess?) and downloaded via the "I-Player" Anthony Minghellas film,screenplay by Richard Curtis,captures the tone of the written stuff,and improves on it ,i feel..The premise of the self-appointed detective is ridiculous,verging on the patronisingly naive ,but makes for undeniably funny stuff. Jill Scott is Precious Ramotse,a woman of "traditional build" ,who knows right from wrong and has a sure eye for punctuation.The tone is mostly archly comic,and undeniably heartwarming, with a huge ,uneasy gearchange to the "dark side" near the end...and who ushers this bit of nearer reality in? why it's a type-cast Idris Elba,aka (the late) Russell "Stringer" Bell,to" Wire " fans...(he gets an "and" credit)..this dude could be the English Denzel given the breaks..Overall,this is beautifully realised,stays just the right side of cutesy,the characters are perfectly cast ,everyone and everything looks beautiful...What turned out to be Anthony Minghellas last work is frothy but,ultimately delightful...