PaperCrane24
Joined Jan 2024
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No.
It's ok, but all a bit bland. Actually, no, it's not ok. I've heard so much about how good the books are so I was really looking forward to this, but if the books are good then this must have been taken from other source material.
The casting is a huge issue. Some of my favourite actors on this but they're all too powerful for this. Mirren especially is too strident - why is she in a retirement home when she's obviously a very independent, healthy, mentally strong woman. The cast is huge, but it's too much for the material.
There were just annoyances in every scene. That generation of Brits discussing weight in kilos. Putting a wheel lock on a police car. A police officer giving a talk on home security in a residential home. Using a Grade 1 listed mansion as the home rather than something more believable. Attempting to dig up an entire graveyard without permission. Really poor dialogue. Incredibly poor attempts at humour. Dodgy accents. Overacting by actors who should know better.
Was the screenplay or direction at fault? Both I think. A screenplay with no dynamics or humour, a director who obviously pushed the overacting. And I'm really not sure why it needed such a cast, Mirren must have had half the lines.
I'm sure there was a story and plot in there somewhere, but it was drowned out by the nonsense.
It's ok, but all a bit bland. Actually, no, it's not ok. I've heard so much about how good the books are so I was really looking forward to this, but if the books are good then this must have been taken from other source material.
The casting is a huge issue. Some of my favourite actors on this but they're all too powerful for this. Mirren especially is too strident - why is she in a retirement home when she's obviously a very independent, healthy, mentally strong woman. The cast is huge, but it's too much for the material.
There were just annoyances in every scene. That generation of Brits discussing weight in kilos. Putting a wheel lock on a police car. A police officer giving a talk on home security in a residential home. Using a Grade 1 listed mansion as the home rather than something more believable. Attempting to dig up an entire graveyard without permission. Really poor dialogue. Incredibly poor attempts at humour. Dodgy accents. Overacting by actors who should know better.
Was the screenplay or direction at fault? Both I think. A screenplay with no dynamics or humour, a director who obviously pushed the overacting. And I'm really not sure why it needed such a cast, Mirren must have had half the lines.
I'm sure there was a story and plot in there somewhere, but it was drowned out by the nonsense.
...and that's the long and short of it. No, it isn't a 10, and but it certainly isn't a 1/10.
There's nothing stand out about the plot, and no edge of the seat moments. As others have said, the confusion that de Niro's character suffers from is hammy, clumsy, overdone and overly-repeated... and it adds nothing to the plot. It's just an annoyance to watch.
Plemmons is ok - not one of his better roles but his portrayal is fine. As is De Niro, just fine in his role but nothing special - sometimes even a little one dimensional (though the script may be to blame for that).
Angela Bassett is woeful though, unbelievable as a sitting president. Again that may be down to the script - her character trying to push urgency with no real necessity behind it. "I'm holding a press conference in 2 days so you need results by then" is the same line used in 70's police series/ films, where the Captain shouts "You've got 48 hours or it's your badge".
It was watchable, but I managed to follow the whole thing while working at home.
Just a bit average really.
There's nothing stand out about the plot, and no edge of the seat moments. As others have said, the confusion that de Niro's character suffers from is hammy, clumsy, overdone and overly-repeated... and it adds nothing to the plot. It's just an annoyance to watch.
Plemmons is ok - not one of his better roles but his portrayal is fine. As is De Niro, just fine in his role but nothing special - sometimes even a little one dimensional (though the script may be to blame for that).
Angela Bassett is woeful though, unbelievable as a sitting president. Again that may be down to the script - her character trying to push urgency with no real necessity behind it. "I'm holding a press conference in 2 days so you need results by then" is the same line used in 70's police series/ films, where the Captain shouts "You've got 48 hours or it's your badge".
It was watchable, but I managed to follow the whole thing while working at home.
Just a bit average really.