Hargrave

I'm sure first year film students (and those that love them) will howl in delight at the obvious international blunders, cliches, and celebratory ineptitude. For anyone else might I suggest that life is too short.

I guess this is some kind of vanity project for the producer/writer/director of this thing. I'm not sure what the target audience for this series is, but I would like to think there isn't one. Maybe I'm missing out on the joke, but I'm okay with that.

My wife and I gave it an episode. Yes, and we gave up. We are discerning viewers, but couldn't figure anything out ... the color scheme ... film jumping ... the ice tea showing up ... and that thing at the end with the funny ears. We realize explanations in future episodes might have been in order, but we weren't going to wait.

There is not enough beer in the world to make this watchable. The acting is bad, the dialogue meandering, and the plot is boring. Don't get me started on the "cinematography ". Everything is either sepia or black and white and there is one colored object for whatever reason. And it is shot from weird angles - like the bottom half a car while a character is walking to the car. The main character Hargrave - it's hard to know if he is a police officer or a private investigator. He dresses like the 1950s or 60s, but drives a modern car. I gave up after one episode- totally not worth the effort to stay engaged.

The best part of this was reading the self aggrandizing bio of Henry and then all the bad reviews in IMDB. It's obvious some people like Henry and his wife don't know when to throw in the towel and get real jobs like driving a truck or waitressing. I actually watched most of it as a sort of masochistic exercise. The concept, the writing, the acting, the cinematography convinced me that perhaps film making is one of the most difficult endeavors to pursue, particularly for people who should be truck drivers or waitresses. Using ones child in projects like this could be considered abuse particularly if they have to wear elf ears. I sincerely hope the child can find a good therapist.