LastingAware The greatest movie ever!

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

chris-mjones-885-712477 A plot that cycles between people and couples and families. A great story with all the twists and turns of the best stories, politically, personally and socially tense. The realism is something you might want to debate but the story and presentation is good. A very enjoyable series- even with the subtitles. Well worth watching.

Bene Cumb I had heard about this series, its ratings and controversies, but I postponed watching due to my own misunderstanding - namely, I thought it was a real occupation-annexation thing, something like Red Dawn or Tomorrow, When the War Began. To my liking, it was not so, and I started to follow the series with interest and sympathy. Well, the benchmark is not too plausible; true, the U.S. has expressed its hesitations regarding NATO ja the EU and Russia has had some agreements on some global issues, but I am sure that particulary other Nordic and Baltic EU members would never allow the EU to become "nasty" against Norway, particularly through advancing Russian interests and moves in the area... But anyhow, based on this benchmark, the subsequent events, changes in minds and attitudes, etc., seem realistic, incl. Russia´s possible actions (it has used its influence-creating without direct military invention several times in actuality); following the different events and actions, one starts to ponder on and over what he or she would do in similar situatons. What would-should be the role of Armed Forces? When are killings justified? What is the different between terrorists and freedom fighters? Etc. The cast is also more than good, generally female ones in supporting roles (Dapkunaite, Gudbrandsen, Torp, Heltberg). The selection of those depicting Russians could have selected more throroughly - some of them speak horrible Russian. All in all, a catchy and bright-line series; it is odd that the EU agreed to finance this as well. Recommended, unless you are strongly pro-Putin and/or have far-left views.

djg32514 Wow! I am amazed at how many reviewers cited this as insightful, realistic and a vision of our future? I am not sure what version of reality they are living but the entire premise for this series is unbelievable in the extreme. Russia takes over Norway with the consent of the EU? Seriously?? If, as many said, this is a vision of our future then this series makes a strong case for ending the EU. The U.S. is energy independent and no longer relies on fossil fuels. While I will admit that may be possible someday and certainly a worthwhile goal, the idea that it occurs in the time frame depicted here is obscenely absurd. I can say acting was good. Writing terrible. Not my cup of tea at all and really not much more than a propaganda piece for the EU elites and far left progressives.

B24 Having read as a boy Steinbeck's under-appreciated novel The Moon Is Down about Norway occupied by Germans for the entire 1940-1945 period, I am always fascinated by newer incarnations of that terrible time. Make no mistake: this TV series "Occupied" strives for the same contrast between patriotism and pragmatism that characterized life in Norway under Quisling, an uneasy military occupation depending on good compromised by evil and vice versa. It is an important narrative only in that sense. The plot is otherwise a mixed bag of tantalizing suspense and odd threads that go absolutely nowhere. In the first place, the premise is absurd. Oil and gas as sources of energy are offset in the real world by increasing natural-based modes of generation. The idea of some new factory using a process similar to nuclear fission saving the world from climate change is pointless.I think the intended audience for the series must be solely Norwegian. It surely will not appeal to EU citizens, nor will it carry much weight in the English-speaking world in spite of having many scenes carried forward in that language. And Russians are xenophobic enough without thrusting this in their faces. Not that its cast is lacking in looks or talent; whatever value the story has rests on their shoulders. Nor is technique or cinematic quality in question. It is a beautifully filmed rendering of a beautiful country.My advice: trim it down to a feature-length film. Tighten up the plot and make it relate to actual political possibilities rather than hypothetical and nonsensical ones.