'Les Revenants' is a beautifully shot and well acted show with a great score from Mogwai. It has an interesting idea and one of the better pilot episodes out there. Yet it falls short of what it could have been, sadly.
The show fails to make the most of its quite interesting premise. Instead of focussing on themes such as change, loss, grief and acceptance, which it does touch upon, but not to a satisfying degree, the mystery increasingly takes centre stage and absorbs screen-time. The supernatural starts to dominate and as more and more fantastic elements are introduced the human side to the story gets neglected.
It slowly descends into style-over-substance and the plot becomes, to be honest, rather silly.
It's evident that some talented people worked on this, but sadly they took a lazy approach to a decent premise. I had to force myself to watch through the last episodes of season one and will likely not watch the second one.
The show fails to make the most of its quite interesting premise. Instead of focussing on themes such as change, loss, grief and acceptance, which it does touch upon, but not to a satisfying degree, the mystery increasingly takes centre stage and absorbs screen-time. The supernatural starts to dominate and as more and more fantastic elements are introduced the human side to the story gets neglected.
It slowly descends into style-over-substance and the plot becomes, to be honest, rather silly.
It's evident that some talented people worked on this, but sadly they took a lazy approach to a decent premise. I had to force myself to watch through the last episodes of season one and will likely not watch the second one.