Reviews

This movie MIGHT have worked if there was any real chemistry between the two main characters. But there wasn't. So it just seems like a complete lie at the end.

Since the whole movie was about lying and the negative consequences, it seems fitting the ending seemed to be a lie, too.

I would have rated this movie higher if the ending had been about the two main characters becoming good friends. But with the ending it had, it rates in the "don't bother" category.

I have watched 8 of the 12 episodes of the first season and I look forward to watching the last 4. The plot line of the series, along with the excellent acting and set design & cinematography, all keep me interested in this show.

The family relationships and characters are interesting and generally believable. However, the character of Iris is annoying because she just seems unbelievably stupid! Having an affair with the lawyer of a shady businessman your prosecutor husband is investigating? Not understanding how that might influence a child custody arrangement? Going to an attorney and talking about "your friend" when you are obviously talking about yourself? Not understanding that your cheating on your husband might require some real contrition and attempts on your part to allay his suspicions if you want to save your marriage as you say you do?

The other annoying thing that often crops up in romantic relationships in movies or tv: The lovers just can't stop themselves from passionately kissing and ripping their clothes off within moments every time they see each other. You are conducting an illicit affair, but just go at it in public....... nothing else matters but your overwhelming passion for this person which you must display and act on, no matter where or when. In real life, people have affairs all the time, but that doesn't mean they make out in public every time they arrange to meet!

I really enjoyed watching this show, except for one thing: Cassie the winner absolutely should have been sent home in three previous episodes! The show's major flaw is having one judge, instead of a panel of three.

Times Cassie absolutely should have been sent home:

Episode 2: Her hotel room was the absolute worst, hands down! It was hideous and the only one I would have refused to stay in if I had a reservation at the hotel. The woman they sent home did have too many knickknacks in the room, but it was a pleasant and welcoming space that I would have enjoyed as a guest.

Episode 5: The wallpaper Cassie chose for the living area was a real negative for the setting: a vacation house in a rural, pastoral setting. It was the worst thing by far of the redecorated house, which was a huge loser to the one done by Ju and Nicky - who in my opinion hit it out of the park with their lovely & charming decor. I loved their two bedrooms! The house was the best of the series, along with the yarn shop designed by Nicky.

Episode 7: Each of the 3 finalists re-did a hair salon or barber shop. While none of them were perfect, I would have been happy to go as a customer to Frank's and Ju's. Cassie's was really hideous. The guest judge said he couldn't decide if the clashing green colors was pleasure or pain. In my mind, it was PAIN. The whole place from the yucky, depressing colors to the antlers covering one large space was a real downer!

THREE TIMES Cassie should have been sent home and wasn't! It's too bad that this show didn't have a better judge or a panel of judges to counteract the one bad one they did have!

This was a nice challenge. The house created by Nicky and Ju was really lovely. I would love to stay there! The one created by the other team was very so-so. One of the worst features was the wallpaper insisted on by Cassie. I actually would have liked the wallpaper in a different setting, but it detracted very much from the country, rural setting of the vacation home.

Cassie should have been sent home, not Kyle. Plus, Cassie has had other failures in her past, while Kyle's work has been exceptionally good.

This show needs a panel of judges, not one person who really seems to get it wrong! (Just read the general consensus of opinion in the reviews for the show overall.)

I like the basic format of this show, except that there should be a panel of judges, not just one person. The worst room was definitely the mess done by Cassie. It was completely inappropriate for a hotel, besides having depressing colors (in my opinion.) I would definitely not want to stay in that room!

The person sent home created a room that I would have been happy to stay in. True, it had too many knick knacks, which would be inappropriate for a hotel, and a few of them were too kitschy, but nevertheless, it was SO much better than Cassie's disaster.

Overall, an interesting plot line. There was a mystery that held throughout the series until the end. However, there seemed to be a number of extraneous subplots that detracted more than added to the series.

One thing that seemed pretty ridiculous to me was that when Nick is almost killed and manages to get away, he doesn't go to the police or his family or friends; he goes to the one place that would be the most dangerous for him to go. Just seems ridiculous! If I was close to being murdered and lucky enough to get away, you can be sure that I would hightail it to safety - just like any normal person would!

I enjoyed Season One of Lost but as Season Two started and moves on, I have been struck at times with the feeling that I am watching some bad actors putting on a farce. Most of the acting has been good, but there are a number of characters who just seem to be acting; and I am just trying to enjoy a tv show, not be a critic! But the characters of Claire, Charlie, Michael, Shannon and Ana Lucia have just seemed like parodies of real people. Some of them seem too stupid and cringeworthy to be believable. The worst is Ana Lucia playing the badass, tough woman set to be the next Rambo.

I want to like this show and continue watching but I am finding too many episodes more cringeworthy than enjoyable....... I hope it gets better and not worse because I would enjoy the diversion of being "lost" on such a beautiful island.

This movie would have been so much better if it was reworked without the repetitive body-transporting and dream sequences, as well as the (in my mind) just stupid ending "twist."

I felt like I wasted my time. There is so much to watch between all that's available through streaming that I try to be choosy. This, unfortunately, didn't pass the cut!

This show is fabulous in so many ways: creating a captivating ambience wherever the story takes it: really well-shot, fabulous sets, great costumes, outstanding acting.

However, some of the plot lines are kind of unbelievable. The Weissmans moving in with the Maisels? Abe Weissman, who has been shown to be very OCD, okay with almost complete strangers messing up his home?

Also, if I was supposed to feel sympathy for Susie because she actually cried, I didn't. Not only does she gamble away her own money, but Midge's, too? To borrow one of her lines, "What are you, five?" And then, we're supposed to believe that the incredibly bright Midge is stupid enough to leave all of her money with Susie, who barely has enough money to keep a roof over her head - and who she has observed being really into gambling? Give me a break!

Also, I'm not thinking Mrs. Maisel is so wonderful. She breaks off her engagement with a really nice guy in a letter? Can't even do it in person! She thinks her precious children, who she can't spare much time for, absolutely have to be in an elite, private school, even though neither she nor Joel can afford it and she won't even be around to help provide transportation to and from? Then of course she doesn't even get that maybe it isn't the nicest thing to "out" the man who gave her the biggest break ever by asking her to open for him?

No, definitely not always a fan of the self-centered Mrs. M, but I will continue to watch what is a really well-done show (with a few failings in the plot lines.)

There were a lot of talented people in the show. Too bad the script didn't make better use of them. The initial song with James Corden & Kasey is so corny & predictable (the snow keeps bursting through the French doors every time they sing "let it snow" - wow, now that's funny - NOT) that I am really surprised that they pull the same trick out again not very much later when every time Kasey & another guest star start to sing Silent Night, a carpenter starts a new noisy project. (HA HA)

The idea of repeatedly showing the "behind the scenes" working of the show doesn't add much; it's not exactly bad, but why do it when it seems to do nothing positive for the show?

I like Dan Levy and he was amusing as the narrator. Of course there were Christmas carols and lots of nice voices, which was to be expected. I particularly enjoyed Zoey Deschanel because she was just so darned cute singing the Hawaiian Christmas song - which ended with an adorable tiny puppy.

A real downer: some of Kacey's outfits were just plain unattractive or weird for a young, pretty woman like Kacey.

This is a wonderful series. Fresh, original, fabulous writing, acting, costumes, sets, ambience, cinematography - or whatever you call it for tv!

But during this episode, I began to wonder if perhaps, like so many tv shows that start out gangbusters, if this one was beginning to go downhill. The whole set-up with Abe Weismann, the professor, who has been fabulously meticulous about his study at home, his scientific projects, his vacation in the Catskills, is now perfectly okay with near strangers making a mess of his house and bossing his long-time maid around?

That part of the story just didn't ring true and seemed like the writers were really trying too hard to both (a) come up with something plot-wise, and (b) be funny.

Also, I am getting a little sick of how completely wrapped up in herself the fabulous Mrs. Maisel is. She seems to care more about her wardrobe than her two children, and she seems to have no consideration for the fact that Susie barely is earning enough money to keep a roof over head. Apparently Susie (and everyone else in her orbit) is just supposed to be happy that she can be there for Midge, because that should be enough for her. Forget about Susie having other clients if it should be a distraction from the all-important career of Mrs. Maisel.

And what self-respecting woman, married with two kids, expects Mommy & Daddy to keep shelling out the big bucks so that their grown-up daughter can look like a million bucks in at least 3 different outfits a day? (Could Midge even buy ONE of those outfits from the salary she earns in a week at her make-up counter job, telephone operator job, or stand-up comic job?). I was at least glad to hear about the mom's trust fund, because otherwise the expensive clothes & lifestyle did seem beyond the reach of a college professor's salary.

Overall, this is a good show. But this episode was not credible. The police know that a man they have in custody has killed multiple people and they let him go and let him kill a few more. Plus a friend of the killer is told all about his killing yet she helps him get away and secretly meets with him, even when her house is under police guard. Naturally she is killed by him, too. The acting and everything else was fine ...... but the storyline was poor.

This is a 3 part mini-series. I almost stopped watching after the first show because it was so annoying to expect viewers to believe that the main character was completely stupid, clueless, and spineless. If the makers could only have tightened up the plot to make it believable, this would have been excellent - good acting, interesting relationships, fine settings, etc.

However, it is just so annoying to have a woman living alone who breaks it off with a really creepy guy who had the audacity to take a key to her flat and go through all her things to NOT change the locks. Or to not really explain to her sister why this guy is so creepy once sis starts dating him. Or to let the creep & her sister move into her flat with her.... and then to not lock either the bathroom door or her bedroom door when creep lives there. Or to not say anything when he completely rearranges her flat and takes half her clothes away. Etc, etc, etc.

One thing this movie is good for: reminding everyone that there can be serious negative consequences to jumping into bed with someone you don't really know.