The look of the film is great, Uma Thurman and Tony Goldwyn are fine, but the two leads performances were, well, as you can tell, they haven't done anything prior and extremely green. Next up, the directing style doesn't help novice actors either, that coupled with the editing style, every poor performance was captured. I remember when hand held meant something to the film, a shaky camera meant tension, unease, and a firm camera meant, safe, and serene. This is all hand held which either was style choice (fail) or financial choice to save on renting dollies, jibs, or even a Steadicam operator.
To the story, the first episode literally tells you nothing other than a girl has a heart condition, gets a new heart and we meet the parents of the girl whose heart it belonged. That's it. Nothing entices me to watch more. I get slow burn shows, I love slow burn shows, but this is so slow, it went backwards. I loved Bloodline, which is an extremely slow burn thriller. The OA is another great slow burn adventure. This is a no burn drama. I just couldn't go on after the first episode, just bland.
To the story, the first episode literally tells you nothing other than a girl has a heart condition, gets a new heart and we meet the parents of the girl whose heart it belonged. That's it. Nothing entices me to watch more. I get slow burn shows, I love slow burn shows, but this is so slow, it went backwards. I loved Bloodline, which is an extremely slow burn thriller. The OA is another great slow burn adventure. This is a no burn drama. I just couldn't go on after the first episode, just bland.