mhdreiling

Good Grief is not a "bad" movie by any means. It has great production values to support a great idea of a movie. The issue here, at least for me, is that I found it ultimately disappointing, and at times affected and then a tiny little bit Hallmark-y. It has its good moments, but sometimes it just doesn't fly from here to there. The way some of the characters speak, sometimes in broad generalisations trying somehow desperately to make us, the audience, feel the intended feeling is a big drawback, it pushes me away from everything that is happening in the movie. Some speeches feel overlong, indeed. I must say that I specially loved Ruth, Himesh and Arnaud, both actors and characters.

Given the pedigree involved I expected it to be a little bit better than just OK or merely watchable. I look forward to Dan next project.

And perhaps that was the problem for me: my own expectations about the whole thing.

It's such a fresh, nuanced, tender series that it's nearly impossible to watch it just once. The acting is phenomenal, the writing is excellent (it's a perfectly balanced act between comedy, romance, drama, fantasy and harsh reality, with an impeccable timing), and it's suitably directed.

I can only wish I had a series like this when I was growing up, but now I can only be thankful for it's existence today.

Ok, I get it, it´s not supposed to be particularly original, just entertaining enough. But it's a bit inevitable to compare it unfavourably with previous products like Pushing Daisies or even Amelie. It's too obvious.

And I know it's fluff. But it's too fluffy without having a particularly interesting insight on the quality of being fluffy.