The Writer

A whodunnit turned into a long soap opera Arab fiction tempo style, these series would have been better ten episodes short, since some of them get sluggish and become burdensome to watch. Nevertheless it has got elaborated characters, rich dialogues with added poetry, original literary resources ( i. e, when the writer dreams on), and smart turn of events to make things fit.

I am an Indian living in gulf and watch Egyptian and Labanese serials regularly on Netflix .

The serial "The writer" is ok.. story doesn't move fast. The protagonist Mr. Bassel is over acting and he is not adding value to the character.. when he is with his son he is too much. The way he repeats some words and sentences are irritating. Other artists have done well. Very natural. Ofcourse Bassel is a handsome man. :D. Ok to watch.

Yes, this entire series may (or may not) be an exact replica of an American or European soap, perhaps even copied line by line as well as shot by shot ...

it's also full of script flaws and plot errors here and there ... actings, although mostly great, do also degrade once a while in some cases ... but the whole work is so finely directed and professionally videographed and above all, the well stated social commentary is so deep yet so plainly conveyed that I have nothing to say but for i am highly impressed!

yes, i already knew Lebanon is a secular country with very charming people and I was also well aware that the movie industry of Lebanon is a well established one with a decades-long history before I started watching ... but still, as the movie went on, I found myself more and more attached to the events and stories of each one of the many characters that all happen to be imperfect human beings yet everyone is quite understandable!

a huge kudos to all people involved in creating such a truly nice job indeed!

Some of these reviews are pretty harsh and kind of unfair. I'm a student of the Arabic language. This series is actually awesome for exposure to Levantine dialect and culture. Give it a chance.

It isn't all that bad , according to me as some of the reviews says , definitely not the best , but watchable. A viewer from India .