The Box

Wow. Expected this to be good but boy was I wrong.

Such unlikeable characters this whole show is let down purely on the terrible script.

A great concept with great actors ruined by a horrendously annoying storyline/script.

Yikes. Every time Pici freaks out thinking something is real that clearly isn't and the people around her just super calmly say 'oh no, please don't, you need help' but literally do heck all to actually stop her insanity.

What's up with the psychiatrist. She's the strangest character I can't tell if she's shady, incompetent, or confused about where she is and what she's doing.

Plus the supernatural aspect is woven in so terribly.

I don't know why anyone thought this was okay to put out in it's current state but yea, I'd give it a miss.

Anna Friel should not have been involved in this.

That is my headline too.

What a s*it bargain.

Started bad, got worse, Then all went to c R A P.

No. No more of this.

Good and mediocre actors WILL not make it.

No.

It goes to the trash.

Sorry.

So slow and bad.... I actually saw 4 parts and hoped it would catch up. NOT !

Peter Stormare and his US accent is from a different planet 🤣. OMG Anna Friel was great in Marcella but this is just really really bad.

Alexander Karim is great and also the best actor in this, but not even he can save me from turning it of.

Red Spider, Dead Lady who's speaks Serbian. Nail Polish with dramatic name....was a good start. Then....off it goes in several directions.

It seems very THEATRE. So you need incredible performances and tight photography to make it work. But it isn't.

I have no idea, I'm bored, no one seems good, which means the director didn't direct well.

Loved her in Marcella, let's face it, it's why 99% of is are watching, but this isn't doing her justice.

I came here hoping the reviews would tell me what the f is going on.

Enjoyed Anna Friel as Marcella. This role is similar: The outsider cop accused of wrongdoing with mental health problems and a complicated private life. The character worked as Marcella, here not so much, seems Friel has no range. It is not clear why this Swedish production chose to use a host of British actors in a US setting. It is jarring, better to use this cast in the UK or get Americans.

Horror/suspense clichés are littered throughout the first two episodes (As much as I could stomach) - quirky camera angles, dark restricted colour-palette sets, jittery lighting ... This is not an intrinsic problem, but The Box has nothing else to recommend it.

Such a disappointment, this had the potential to be compelling viewing, but fails on every level.