BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Zeeshan Mahmud I think it is fair to say Lightman plays God. However the real people on godmode are the brilliant creators, producers, writers and creative minds behind this show.I immediately got hooked from the pilot's prologue of the phenomenal marriage between anthropology and forensic lie detection. It only got better from then on.Before I pour odes on Lightman's quirkiness who happens to be a 'walking question mark' I have to laud Kelli Williams' portrayal of Dr. Foster. She sure comes out to be a clear winner - silently- of a soft spoken sage with African reginal wisdom and compassion in an absolutely empowering and strong character. Perfect foil to Lightman's eccentricity and to keep him grounded. In fact, the script reads off your mouth and inner thoughts when at one point Emily blurts out how she loved her company even more than her own mom's.Speaking of which, it has a lot of psychological and emotional dynamics and sub-layers and drama. Lightman reminds me of Spader's character in Boston Legal and it does have a Boston Legal vibe all over it- which I LOVE by the way having long run out of options and fuel after exhausting each and every episode of the latter.So it was godsend in a way and saved my life. I don't watch TV or TV series but some shows like this one and Prison Break forces me to be on marathon.And in fact Kelli Williams was also in the The Practice - pre-cursor to Boston Legal. It is a bit like a detective template with law firm office vibes. And just like Boston Legal it doesn't shy away from taking bold strides and making bold statements.Interracial dating, Muslims are terrorist as well as plight of father having seen his Islamic son get slaughtered, Korean culture, holding police or fire fighter's responsible ... in fact just like any creative endeavors the producers tell hard facts as it is and doesn't shy away to sugarcoat it in a PC-laden culture and goes hard from an omniscient narrative sparing no one.In fact, just like some "god-like" characters take neutral point of view akin to comedians- again going back to Spader's unscrupulous characters be it Alan Shore or Reddington, Jim Carrey's Mask, Deadpool, the caller from Phonebooth, Jigsaw, Hannibal Lecter, the Joker... all these are transcendent of mortal views of ethics in their human form of game.I mean for God's sakes, Lightman lies as he pleases, bends rules and laws, outright and blatantly deceives, fakes news to set people up... almost as if he can transgress any boundaries simply to the carte blanche of his mastery of his game.It borderlines ego- almost as if that of a sociopath- but it is more of a restrained form of narcissism developed from years and years of research in the jungle and cultivation of his talent to a form of supernatural genius which he again and again tries to drill and inculcate in his protege's head - Ria Torres- that talent without perspiration is a genius well lost.I could go at lengths about the mentor-protege dynamics, the touch on his parental obligation, Loker's lack of internal filter and what not as a nice capstone, but it would be one long essay.Tout court, if you love intellectual, character driven dramas that faces tough challenging question marks of the modern zeitgeist, then this show is for you.

Kirpianuscus a special series. not for the virtue to escape from the expectations of public but for propose a different way to understand the entertainment. because it is a simple story about people. and because it has the chance to have as lead actor Tim Roth. because the people are complex and the series is just reflection of each from us. because it is not a proposition to discover heroes or clowns. only men/women lying, hoping to escape from consequences of theirs errors, in front with a man who is far to be perfect. to understand the other. small tricks who transforms faces and gestures, intonation, eyes blinks in maps. large maps. about yourself. it could be a new form of documentary. and this does it not exactly a show. but a fascinating challenge.

C R Only made it through season 1. Maybe it is because I am capable of reading body language very well and great at deduction, many of the events and episodes were predictable from the moment they first introduced the plot and characters. The most frustrating part of it all is, there were moments when the actors' body language was different to what they were trying to express. Though their facial expressions showed what it needed to, iit made it a bit difficult to immerse myself in the show since the veil between the actor and the character was lifted.I give it three stars instead of one because I do like the concept and I like when the main character explained why he came to the conclusions he did e.g. "look at his shrug, that shows...". The cases they chose to show were two dimensional and some of the characters were unrealistic and unnecessarily exaggerated (though I understand the exaggeration is mostly Hollywood's way of getting a point across).I saw a comment comparing this show to House M.D. but I beg to differ. House was actually believable though some of the cases were ridiculous, with Hugh actually immersing himself into the character enough to keep the veil in place for many of the viewers. I do not think the main character of this show is very believable. When he says certain things I did not believe he actually knew what he was talking about, unlike Dr. House or Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory.

erich-coast I have started watching this series in 2015, and I fell in love with it instantly. Its contents are still up-to-date, except when they relate and dedicate some episodes to worldly known events at the time it was being aired (2009 - 2011). Its usefulness is obvious as it 'teaches' that lies leave emotional traces, and therefore can be read. After reading about its cancellation online, I understood why. It's a FOX show, so how could it be any different? They were pretty much teaching people how to catch phonies. And that, to FOX was like shooting their own feet... Too bad there hasn't been a 4th season (yet!)... I believe NETFLIX would be the perfect 'channel' for a return of this series, considering it has no intention on being any sort of ''moral compass'' for the American society. In my opinion, this show could easily have 8 seasons!