Reviews

Clarice Starling seems to be very naive as a mental health care provider in how she characterizes people's personalities and actions. She almost dramatizes it in a fantastical way. When it comes to some of the things we (all) may go through in life, if seen in an accused/convicted individual, Starling conflates those qualities with crime and mental illness. This is just a little worse than Drew Pinsky....who just had his show cancelled...finally. I lump people like Starling and Pinsky with the Nancy Graces and other really bad, badly informative shows like hers.

What's worse is this: These "consultants" and "crime specialists" seem to constantly teach and mold many folks who watch their show on how to marginalize 'certain folks' and call people out as sociopaths ... especially if we don't like them and even if their behavior is not directly part of a criminal action. This is a dangerous way of brain washing. It also induces more mediocrity and less creative ways to deal with problems. Just my 9 cents.

AND YET I NEED 10 lines to explain why. Oh boy. Okay. So one, the lack of depth ... with each and every character. Although, I still enjoyed seeing Jane K muscle it out with her debonaire cheese and arrogance; I can stomach it because she's still Jane K. But back to the rest of how this series was awful: The writing. Overly contrived and flippant over the tragedy of being kidnapped while trying to be corny and funny. Oh the corny was there, but that was it. The main character: Kemper plays KS as way too hyperactive and way way to perky that it's just not funny or credible. And then there's the rest of the cast including Titus and T Fey who did their bestest to be very funny, but instead ended up being cheesy, sophomoric and stupid without the funny. Don't get me wrong; I love funny stupid stuff in comedy ... but this didn't cut it even if I was waaay more stupid at a time when I was like 23 or so. But then, honestly, I don't like T Fey anyway, never have ... yet I'm pretty sure I can keep an open mind if there is at least something funny and inspiring ... I can even savor it. Anyway, the other characters were just as vapid and corny (haha haha??? no) again without the funny which got on my daggon nerves even more. I actually think Jon Hamm delivered more for an actor who is STILL trying to be funny and who usually isn't. Unfortunately there isn't much of J Hamm to enjoy and most of his stints aren't that funny but again funnier than anyone else. And that, my friends is pretty much it. And that is all. Dig in or don't bother. Even if a bunch of marketeers for the production pretend to be a bunch of consumers pretending to lOVE THIS SHOW, try not to be fooled by the hype. But if you must check it out and you think I'm just a disgruntled baffoon, try Netflix for one month for FREE and if and when you hate it, don't blame me, just turn it off and then UNSUBSCRIBE TO NETFLIX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Because they will charge your butt within a month. You've been warned.

I really liked it and this could have been a box office hit ... or at least a indie movie one. Movie Channel is showing it this month. Not mentioning any spoilers but the ending is sad and but almost expected. Great acting by cast and Britt Robertson/Christian Slater. I'm very picky with OVERRATED movies/TV, so try to trust me when I say this movie is a keeper. Okay, so have to add more lines (JESUS) ... young woman played by BR ends up having issues with many relationships / promiscuous to several men who are typically older than her and / or married. She struggles through life and realizes or may have realized some of these issues may have come from past sexual abuse. She is remanded to seek therapy by her mom but she's in denial about her issues on and off and ends up doing something that jeopardizes her safety. Refer to the ending. Cheers.