Northern Lights

I came across northern lights by chance and I am very glad that I did. It has an emotional storyline that many people can connect with. It Portrays grief from two different perspectives. In two very different circumstances. You feel a connection with the characters and want to keep watching. I was sad to get to the end but I felt it was a very upbeat positive ending that gives hope to those facing similar situations. I would highly recommend this and I think it was very moving. It was very well written and the acting was good. I gave northern lights a 10/10. I hope this review is helpful to others as I feel some of the negative reviews listed are not reflective of how good this show was.

The two hander was very well elaborated. The coincidences that enabled their dialogue did not seem contrived. It all flowed very well. However, as everything got fleshed out the story for me became less convincing. Both of the main leads seem to have fairly sociopathic narcissistic partners, one lost to suicide, one disappearing to find herself. In some ways similarly damaging to their respective partners. If my partner left to find themselves, return indeterminate, I would find it difficult to stop wondering if it would never happen again. While I am glad the obvious ending did not happen, for the above reasons, plus "what about Aine?" the ending that did happen was equally unbalanced and unsatisfactory. The minor characters were well developed and acted. Not so much romcom as Eric Rohmer, IMHO.

I guess if you're between 12 and 20 (or a 75-year old person who loves soap operas) this might interest you. I normally enjoy Irish TV but this one leaves me cold. Whatever plot(s) there is/are pretty thin. The acting is neighborhood theater group level, and the dialogue is forced. Perhaps it's just me, out of touch with what is considered entertainment these days, But this plodding, uninteresting attempt at a RomCom or whatever they're trying to be just falls flat. I'm just not interested in delving into the psyche of folks having relationship issues, or trying to build new relationships. Just not my dram of whisky.

The premise of the show is very confusing and wasn't flushed out until the third episode. While the acting between the four main characters is believable, the banter in some of the comedic scenes is wooden and feels forced. It feels like I am watching the actors recite lines rather than expressing genuine emotion. The show overuses flashbacks as a plot device to the point where entire scenes are broken up and this disrupts any natural flow.

I found that the show became really hard to watch as it progressed because the plot became very confusing at points and then boring. There are a lot of characters that appear in flashbacks and it's hard to keep track of who did what when. This is a decent show but could have used some fine detail revisions.

It's beautiful, heartfelt, hopeful, funny and sad all at once. I feel so lucky and grateful to have found this gem and to have gone on this journey with this ensemble of actors. Everyone involved truly did an amazing job, but especially the four main leads. This really touched me so deeply that I won't be able to stop thinking about this show for a long while. I literally cannot stop crying as I type this and the credits roll. I will be recommending this to everyone I know because it has a special and rare quality not found in so many shows today. There isn't a car chase, or a big explosion, or other type of adrenaline pumping scene, but that's why I found it so special. It's the intimate conversations and storytelling that I connected with most. To do that so well, that is rare.