sarahamyhill

I was really looking forward to this show based on the trailer, but wow, was that trailer misleading.

We barely made it to episode 4 (mind you, this was against the will of the majority of our household who wanted us to stop at the end of ep 2) but we had to switch it off at that point. The acting was just awful throughout, genuinely really hard to watch and some of the scenes were incredibly tone deaf. The attempted humour missed the mark on nearly every occasion.

Overall it was just pretty poor and not entertaining at all. The cameos were weird & didn't add anything except make me wonder how they got roped into it.

I wouldn't even normally bother with a review for something I didn't like, but this was so annoyingly bad I was still resentful of the time I wasted watching it hours later so yeah, that's how this review came about.

I just finished watching and honestly feel like I need to wash this movie off me.

I read a few explanations about this film and okay, it was a metaphor, but c'mon. There's no way anyone would've understood any of that without reading a supplementary article. Even then, I feel a bit annoyed that's what we were supposed to take from it - the execution feels inadequate if that was the point. Weird cameos derailed it further.

In parts, it was a grossly uncomfortable watch and not for the right reasons. If shocking high impact violence is used to make a point; should you not be able to understand the point? It really missed the mark for me.

I was consoling myself through the entire movie thinking 'at least this woman isn't a real person'. How revolting that this is based on a true story. I felt physically sick finding that out. The movie was as emotionally draining as it was incredibly well-acted. It's a great piece of cinema - kudos to the filmmakers and the actors. It's the best movie I wish I could forget seeing, but have a feeling it'll stick with me for a while. 10 stars.

It's just really, really bad. There are other ways to waste your life.