Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

gareth-91 I saw this for the first time end of 2011. I loved it. I just love the way this guy actually cares about his patients - which is really the only way to heal people (engage with them). I love the way he is outside of the box and isn't a tame psychiatrist who belongs to the health authority, but uses his expertise and humanity to do what needs to be done. He takes one person at a time and enters into their take on the world & holds them steady while they do what they need to do. It comes at a cost to him of course. He doubts himself & gets hurt, and can make choices that don't turn out well - welcome to the real world. But no decision is really wrong, and it's only from engaging that you learn anything at all. I loved this. All trainee psychiatrists should have to watch it.

André Silva Sometimes we should look at a TV series at different angles. OK, the show in itself is awful: badly directed, characters as deep as a puddle (mere stereotypes), nothing really really different that could make this series something worthy. But as a psychologist, i can see some good things in it. Yeah, sure, in what world does a psychiatrist stays that long with a patient in an hospital, and yeah sometimes even a person not at all related to psychology can figure out what was going on with a patient, but the description of pathologies is not bad, look at the autistic girl. So if you are a psychology/psychiatry student, see it, you will learn great things (especially about the relationship between Jack and his therapist), but if you are not, just forget this show, it won't get you hooked or even interested.

tamawil I've read through the reviews and though not surprised on how many people compare it to something else, am slightly surprised on much it's getting ripped. I haven't seen House outside of the Dave Matthews guest episode 'Half Wit' (if correct) but I suppose to have a hospital drama created by the same team things are going to look the same no matter how you cut it.I'm not going to say that it's perfect in every way. I do like it and watch it every week, but it does have good -and- bad points. Here are a few that spring to mind… The bad: Dealing with the over use of SFX. – This was a hook that they over used during the first four episodes of the series. Luckily it cleverly broke away during 'Manic at the Disco' and 'Rainy Days' (5th and 6th episode) as they started to rely more on the situational drama and the characters, but it would be a major deterrent for anyone starting out with it.Different shooting style- From what I've read this show is a bit of a test for FOX and their operation costs. By shooting down in Colombia they do save money and try for a wider international base. This means that if you are used to glossy, high end, movie scale film quality you wont like this. Slightly dark, sometimes gritty or the feeling of 'live'/ 'Telemundo soap opera' the mix will throw you off.Slow character development- The show hammers into the fact that Jack, on his first few weeks, is a very up beat, zany, personable guy who wants to shake the boat. The cocky, confident new kid on the block who knows what he wants but now he's got to manipulate the others to his way of thinking. It stuck with the doctor and his struggles to find his sister while leaving the rest of the cast out in the cold.This also started to become a theme of never ending similarities- womanizers, the backstabbing egotist, adulteress, and the woman surviving/suffering through cancer. The typical issues that you would see in almost any drama makes it more of a stumbling block for the series other than setting up character weaknesses and flaws.Hokey stories- yes the cheese factor can get bad in some episodes, to the point of it being less drama and more high school.The good: Situations and growing character development: Again the major push for this series was 'Manic'. It still had a little bit of silliness but now they started to narrow the three to four cases floating around to just one major one and a side story. This allowed the spot light to be shifted some from Dr. Gallagher to his co workers and how he affects them. Though most of the clichés that were previously listed go through a good deal of the Season, the writers seem to not linger on them for too long. You start seeing the environment change during the season as the turbulent uprising of dust from the new guy in town and how the question of who helps the helpers appears when its show that the Docs may have more issues than the patients.Also Jack changes. As time goes and the pressures surround him you find that he becomes a little more driven, a little darker, and a little more authoritative with his staff and how he thinks things should be done. He still has his boyish charm, but there might be more stress and past that he has yet to deal with or we know of.Short subjects: I might be typical in not expecting much from an hour show. Even the credibility of things being authentic down to the minute details, but I'd be lying if I said I cared. I honestly don't think any of us want to actually watch what we do all day. I do like that each week something new or creatively spun is presented and leaves with questions of what it was they were talking about. Two of my favorite episodes 'Rainy Days' and 'House of Mirrors' gave really good examples of issues that had me researching for more information. Sometimes it's OK to have total authenticity pushed aside to entertain with a little bit of truth. You can't expect them to tell you everything.Breaking status quo: The show has potential to make something out of medical mysteries of the mind. It has a lot of work ahead to find that element (and not that much time) but honestly it could run a very interesting course if treated right.With that I know I have no interest in House though was told by people that it was wonderful, but was hooked when referred to Mental. I was intrigued by Chris Vance and stuck around to see how his character would evolve and watched all of the episodes so far. I personally enjoy the show because its still fresh and again has potential like their on screen profession. It's a series that's still finding a foot hold, and most know its not easy when shows get canned at a drop of a hat.

gizwiz1 I was drawn to this series because I enjoy House and as others have written this new series is a total and complete rip-off. There is absolutely nothing in this new series that is not copied in it's entirety from House other than Chris Vance was allowed to keep his London England accent where apparently Hugh Laurie was discouraged of using his lineage as part of the character. Even the sets look remarkably similar to the House sets. What is it about Producers they they can apparently come up with one new idea every 25 years or so? Other than the concept of the medical issue being in the head instead of in the brain, mechanically or chemically, this is FOX trying to suck the blood out of an existing successful concept in to another series that they can drain some more revenue and treat the viewing public as if they are blithering idiots that will absorb any amount of non-creative crap they might put in front of us. I'm a huge, huge fan of House for it's completely new story concept and approach to creating new characters and their relationships in interesting newly invented stories after years of being drowned in Medical dramas that are forced on us by the networks that are recycled and worn out trash, but Mental is a cheap and sorry copy of a the type of Masterpiece you might find painted in Felt at a Flea Market. Mental is Three Dogs playing Poker on Felt where House is the Mona Lisa.This is not to say that the actors are not trying, or talented. However Fox should be ashamed of themselves and the actors should really know better than step in to the shadow of another's shoes for a remake while the original movie is still playing. I will not give Fox the satisfaction of watching any more episodes.