LucyBonette

This exactly my type of movie. It's an emotional storyline, with lots of sadness. But it's also humorous in a subtle way. I admit, I'm easily pleased with things like shot of a crooked Christmas tree, or certain glances from one character to the other. Or people receiving books they don't care about.

Lots of attention for detail you'd easily miss. At one point there is a random shot of a side character that claims to be rebellious that cut their hair in the end after all. This is hardly even shown, or explained, but it's so telling and supports the main message.

All the main actors were simply great. Of course Paul Giammatti is perfect for this role. He does the grumpy, cynical intellectual like no other. But the others were also great.

Loved it.

Haven't written any reviews on here in ages, due to the character minimum and often I just haven't got enough to say. But fot this one, I had to come back. I love absolutely everything about it.

Firstly, the concept of a story of some imaginary country, based on various situaties around the world. It's like a reality fairytale.

The acting of all involved. Of course Kate, but all the advisors, her palace manager, the loves in her life, the politician in captivity*, the Americans, all of them were so good. The facial experiences, the lines they had, simply very good.

But mostly, I loved the humour, it was all so witty. Extreme and subtle at the same time. I really laughed out loud numerous times. I don't think I had seen Kate in a funny role before, but she did well. Including the crooked twitchy mouth.

I also really liked the ending, and how one element is simply not addressed anymore. Just to show what it meant to the main character. On that same note, quite an important character dies, but that is hardly even shown, in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter to the others around the person. The person was very important, but they don't acknowledge that at all.

But if you expected Titanic or, the Holiday or The Reader, then no, this isn't for you.

*I love how Hugh Grant is always just Hugh Grant, bad guy or good guy, it doesn't matter. And I don't mind it!

This is not a waste of good actors, without the good good actors, the good acting is what kept me entertained. You will find yourself screaming at the screen though.

This is not a story that is believable in any way. Poor and unlikely actions, decisions, chain reactions and connections. But to me, that is not the point of it all. I see this as a dark comedy. In the middle of it all, there are so many funny moments that made it worthwhile for me. Just the whole idea that it's not actually that easy to kill someone made me laugh.

Even though it was all very weird and sometimes impossible or at the very least not very likely, I found it gripping and I did want to see how it all played out and how people and storylines would be connected eventually.

Enough loose ends for a second season, so looking forward to that! I love that it was just 4 episodes as well.