StudleyDave

This had all the hallmarks of a suspenseful, thrilling mini series to ease us into Autumn. Alas, it ended up being another absurd, lazily improvised attempt at suspense. There are a number of thrilling moments, but these are hampered by plot assumptions, glossed over 'quick fixes' to so many of the problems faced by Abby and her team, and the incongruous nature of the story where logic is abandoned. A puerile and infuriatingly repetitive power play designed to build tension is just one of the many mechanisms that make this fall woefully short of its lofty ambitions. Its inadequacies sit with its direction, writing, and casting. With plentiful source material, this really should have been so much better.

A lot of the reviews are making me laugh at how ridiculous they are! Hey, maybe humour has changed that much in the past few decades, and I've just not cared enough to pay attention

There is a mix of Green Wing, Friday Night Dinner, The Young Offenders, The Thin Blue Line, and a number of other comedy dramas in the kind of humour Piglets employs

It is funny in a silly, obvious way, with exaggerated characters and traits, and a story that is more about the relationships between them all rather than supporting a particularly strong message or overarching plot

I enjoyed it for its levity, warmth and ease of viewing, and it did make me laugh.

A story that should be engrossing, emotive, and shocking, isn't any of those things. It is interesting, of course, and the cinematography is strong, but the direction and script seem inadequate. There is no real emotional depth to anything or anyone, and the writing seems to be behind this. It is very matter-of-fact, and the use of a constantly shifting timeline doesn't work - a linear biopic style would have been more compelling. With the gravity of the source material, it would have been both informative and useful to include more of an introduction to events and their significance. All-in-all, this seems to be a failure of the Director.