Apollocandybar

Pilot episode - what a delight! As a fan of crime drama, and many of these actors, it was charming, witty, and fun. Then... it went downhill fast.

Characters took on typical Shondaland annoying manner of speaking. Example:

-I don't have a cell phone.

-You don't have a cell phone?

-I don't have a cell phone.

-You don't have a cell phone?

-no.

-you don't have a cell phone?

Like come on. Move the story please! Park was especially useless. Would have loved more from Esposito but I know he had big shoes to fill.

Would have been an excellent two hour film or 5 episode run, but 8 hours? Was mostly pointless filler.

We watched this as a friend group, so in that way it was a fun night, but oh boy this was a stinker! One of the worst films I've ever seen. The acting is terrible. The best friend constantly makes a face like, "Who farted?" Diane Keaton's clothes are, predictably, bizarre and clownish. The secual chemistry between Keaton and the fake Property Brother was so cringe. We all screamed in disgust when they kissed! I agree with other reviewers, I also did not follow that the main character's grandma had raised her and was now deceased until the very end. The actress' enunciation was so poor I legit thought she said "Remy Martin" earlier, and had no idea why.

At least 30 minutes could be cut without losing any of the story. The time jumps are confusing, though not as frenetic as in Dunkirk. The story is interesting, and the acting is well done. The film fails the Bechdel test in every way, and is in that regard an anti-Barbie. There are a few female characters, but they only exist to expound the story of men. Kitty especially should have been featured more, rather than a crabby and bitter shell. Why was she so miserable? We can imagine, but would've been great to see her story.

The weirdest thing they did was leave Murphy's double pierced ear visible in multiple closeup scenes. It was distracting and easily fixable.