Hotel Reverie

This episode presents the interesting idea of placing a new character into a classic movie with AI. Unfortunately, the main character simply does not fit the role at all, while the supporting cast acts circles around them.

The bright spot in this episode is Emma Corrin. She absolutely nails the period-piece role to the point where it makes the main character seem like she's not even in the same film.

I have no problem with Issa Rae. But she made approximately zero effort to play the character differently than the one she always plays. Dumping her into a 1950s era setting with her modern accent and mannerisms just didn't work at all. It boggles the mind how they let this one slide. Honestly, they probably should have swapped Issa with the confectionary girl from the previous episode, and let Issa do episode 2. At least she would have fit into the setting.

Akwafina is also there for some reason. She doesn't fit very well either, but it's a smaller role so it doesn't quite stand out as much as Issa.

There are a lot of cool ideas that could spawn from this concept. It's a very clever idea that has legs, it just needs a cast that fits the setting.

This was actually a good episode ruined by a single character that is Brandy Friday, i didn't mind Awkwafina that much, she was bland but she did nothing to ruin the episode. Hats off to Emma Corrin, she single handedly carries this entire episode on her shoulders, mesmerizing performance. Dear showrunners, you need to get the casting right when you have such a good premise. Brandy Friday was horrible, i have never seen the actress before, maybe she's a fine actress in her other works but dear god she was insufferable in this episode. An easy 8 and above episode brought down to an average 6 for me.

I'm only giving it a 5 and not a 1 because the girl who played Dorothy had a 10/10 performance and sadly it was wasted having to act along side Issa Rae. Idk who decided to cast Issa Rae in this but she lacked emotion and was a terrible choice for a lead. Anyone else would have been better, hell even Akwafina would have been a more suitable choice. Great idea for a plot, could have been amazing but super disappointing. Dorothy was fantastic and I hope she does more amazing movies and shows because she had talent. Black mirror take note next time that you don't need to hire popular stars for your shows. Just hire the best option.

I've never seen anything from this actress before, but after watching her in this, I'm shocked she has any sort of career. The worst bits were in the movie-within-a-movie, where she stood out like a sore thumb. I suspect a small part of that may have been intentional, but why would the people within the movie cast the actor she's portraying if she was so obviously bad. And then the scenes outside the movie-within-a-movie aren't much better. I don't generally like to blame one person for a movie or show not working, but she's simply terrible -- so much so that after a half hour or so, I gave up on this episode.

Good plot, nice cinematography and bad, very bad choice for the protagonist. While Emma Corrin is stunning everytime she appeared in the screen, Issa Rae make us to regret to watch the episode. No chemistry with Emma, no charisma, no talent. But, as is necessary to have someone to please the "intelligentsia" and their "rules", Issa Rae is there ruining everything every time she's "acting".

Everybody else is ok, even Awkafina. I hope Charlie Brooker have understood that talent is beyond color and gender. If he had chosen Lupita Nyong'o or Jennifer Hudson, the outcome would be much better. Shame on you, Charlie.