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The characters talk like AI; they act a bit too dry, which hurts the extent of dry humour aimed in this show; and the comedy flies away from your hands. Other times the acting feels a bit pushed and due to too much effort. Some compare it to The Big Bang Theory; however, the latter wouldn't rush the comedy to fly away before you are given a chance to taste it -so time limit is not a subject here. Father-son acting together as father and son in the show could have been an interesting tension to watch, but no, that didn't help much, either. I am surprised to find that Netflix was involved in this. Thankfully, Fred Armisen and Sian Clifford are warming the show.

Sadly, one-dimensional storytelling most of the time, and seems like an abuse of the acting skills of Melissa Leo. Her character seems out of tunes repeatedly, like a caricature of meaningless angst. I doubt it if her real goals and character were like that. If the movie aimed to satisfy a certain sentimental audience fixated on religion in U. S., it makes sense to shoot such a weak movie. Maybe, that kind of audience would like to watch caricatures of meaningless angst all along.

However, lots of controversial details about the story remain half-explored in the film. What's worse, the film takes a sudden turn to gore towards the end, while the whole thing never reaches a level of saturation to make justice to the story. Why did the director and the team even undertake this movie honestly?

I'd have liked to watch this as a documentary or a hybrid of genres.