SunnyHello
Nice effects though.
SnoReptilePlenty
Memorable, crazy movie
ShangLuda
Admirable film.
markgringo
I will admit I am probably biased - I am retired Police. I am amazed at how many good reviews I have seem for this. NO way in a million years would the victim be interviewed by police in the way portraid. To begin with, she would be de-briefed by trained psycologist - a victim of this type would be so traumatised she would be retreating inwards as a self defence mechanism, afraid to talk and afraid to communicate. The acting is wooden and completetly unrealist, and most of the proceedures and interviews shown would not comply with any guidelines, would be inadmisable in any court, and so it goes on. Perhaps worst of all, from the very start, we have a potential traumatised victim being treated as a suspect, in a barely repectful way. No modern police service would get away with such inept investigation or interview techniques. Clearly, whoever wrote this knows little about such offences, and even less about how police would go about investigating it.
I find this series offensive to the hard efforts and selfless work put into such investigations by real police, who do investigate such things.
saa419
Spoiler alert. After reading the good reviews of this movie, I am wondering if we were watching a different movie. This movie was the most annoying movie I ever saw. The characters are all unbelievable and the dialog ridiculous. The acting absurd. The main character Ivy was most annoying, I wanted to grab the words out of her mouth. The female detective, I was hoping she would be killed. The end, episode 5, I was hoping for the demise of Ivy. Idiotiotic. I wasted 5 hours watching this.
alwyn_drums
Generally speaking, there is a great first episode that hooks the viewer with an intriguing scenario; unfortunately, the story becomes progressively more unrealistic with just about all of the characters becoming incredible, particularly the lead detectives and their totally useless boss who never has anything helpful to say to his out-of- control subordinates. I feel sorry for these actors and I blame the writer for the tedious development of the story as it winds its way as a boring and far-too-long-drawn-out production. It could have been great but it earns just a 3 out of 10 because of it's excellent start, in spite of it's boring and slow continuance.
Bene Cumb
As I like both British and Scandinavian crime thrillers, I usually watch them by turns, largely relying on IMDb and Wikipedia assessments as life is too short for all of them anyway :) The one in question began to develop from the first moments - which I tend to prefer - and then, in following scenes, we obtained a versatile and realistic picture of both the life in captivity and the one of the rest of the abductee's family; due to certain subsequent events, the intrigue and misery continued, and both the police and the family had to deal with several shadows from the past and changes in the present. Well, the pace was sometimes uneven, particularly in the final episode, when about 3/4 was too slow and then last 1/4 seemed to round up the story in a certain rush. In my opinion, the total of almost 5 hours could be easily reduced by one-fifth or even one-fourth, without impairing the general concept, mood and course of events.As for performances, the series is strongly dominated by the female lead - Ivy Moxam (Jodie Comer), who is present both visibly and in the minds of all people around her and dealing with her case. The rest were not too memorable, I recalled I had seen Stuart Graham a couple of times in some films and series, and that's it. Apparently the sketchiness of supporting characters did not enable the actors and actresses to "open out"; even the accused was not so special.Thus, perhaps a 1-episode-too-long, but still a good suspense series by BBC, referring to Scandinavian Noir in many aspects. However, those fond of constant chases, shootings and obtrusive cops should probably find something else.
