amazing miniseries, probably wont get much attention cuz it looks like just another brit show from the trailer but all 4 episodes are one continuous take, couldnt stop watching until the end, just amazing performances. same director from boiling point
Saw this last week, very impressive, both the acting (especially the kid) and on a technical level.
Very confrontational, it still lingers in my mind.
I didn't realize immediately that we, the viewers, are essentially the father. Even though the facts are shown very clearly by the end of episode 1, we still try to find excuses and others to suspect (like the friend) because it's hard to imagine a 13 year old would do something like that.
There must have been a door there in the wall, when I came in.
Truly gone fishing.
On a technical level the show was very impressive. I'm a sucker for continuous takes, one of the main reason I watched it. On a narrative level, I only really liked the first episode. The second one was technically the most impressive. The third one with the psychologist is overrated imo. The fourth episode it just fizzles out.
I think this show mostly resonates with people who are still surprised by this and boomers who don't understand what is going on in kids heads nowadays. Who only get their news from BBC and The Guardian. Also doesn't help that it's kicking off yet another witch hunt against young boys from the looks of it.
First 3 episodes were great, especially the 3rd one, when we finally had some insight into young boy mind (the "do you know what death means?" question, him trying to be "in control", great acting by both actors).
It is rather short, so it is worth watching even if someone is not into this kind of stories.
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Up until second part of ep 3 I was still thinking "maybe it really is someone else that did it?". The recording quality wasn't that great.
But 4th episode didn't do almost anything for me and I've almost dropped it. I'm glad I didn't as the ending when the daughter said that they shouldn't move and that Jamie is theirs, that hit me. I'm not sure I would be able to behave like that if I was in her place. I would probably want to move as far away and forget about all this shit.
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