Elizabeth Bennett

Not commenting on the topic. This rating is for the filmmaking aspect. Blurry body cam footage and out of range subjects do not make a quality documentary worthy of Netflix. The lighting was terrible, and story was not narrated. FOID footage pieced together is a low effort project. The story should have been written, scripted and actors used to have the impact and elevation the topic deserved.

Contrived wokester period drama. Everyone overacts like a high school performance. Dahling! Hhhhaa hhhaa hhha! Costumes are overdone. Sets are detailed yet the props are placed randomly blocking the shot. The actresses are beautiful young things but need some direction and acting lessons.

A five-star topic, a four-star photographic/journalistic essay and a three-star narrative. If they would’ve hired an editor that removed all the Greenfield's personal antecdotes and footage it would’ve made a much better and on-topic documentary. Perhaps an entirely separate autobiographical documentary would have made more sense. Maybe a third documentary about women paying the price of selling themselves for a higher level of social status. The documentary wavered between almost random subjects: rich Los Angeles teenagers attending a private school, being a child of a busy mother, a sad story about a porn star, a rich guy who stole and his kid didn’t respect him....all placed under the cloak of the “wealthy generation” when the comparisons between one generation to the next were completely obscured by the messenger.

Really now, when did we start considering watching a 14-year old-looking girl in a pinafore dress and fishnet stockings who rides her bike to a cheap motel and gets raped by a dad of another teenager entertainment? But no, she is really a he taking hormone shots so therefore we must embrace as HBO version of PRIDE right? Then there’s the nerdy glasses wearing teen “body conscious” aka large girl (another paper mache’ cliche) discussing her bravery for oral sex while two eager even younger (grade school?) boys wearing braces watch on eagerly. Later she leaves the room happy and hugging her friend, “I’ve lost my virginity.” smiley face! All this at one party? When the crazed jock (complete cliche character) watches his horny girlfriend have sex in front of the entire “party” to make him jealous, he verbally attacks the child-dressed trans character. You know, the same one who just got raped at the motel (who rides bike to the party right after like nothing happened). The trans character then slices herself with a knife in front of everyone at the “party” for attention. Drunken jock stumbles home and camera pans in on his family portrait. Jock’s dad is the guy that met Trans at motel that night. Ehhh! No, we don’t need this “entertainment.” HBO is just exploiting vulnerable teen situations such as body image, drug dependence, sexual confusion and perverting it by glossing it as entertainment and giving the characters no guidance, hope or love. Degrading to real teens who are smarter and more multi-layered than these cardboard made for tv characters. This is not a documentary. Again, these actors may be over 18 but their characters are presented to be nude minors having sex. So enjoy your Sunday night hour of creepiness!

This story Is simplistically executed. The characters are believably portrayed by well-directed actors. This timeless movie is a refreshing change from all the overwrought Offerings from Hollyweird. This is what Hillbilly Elegy could have been. A young Cherokee boy learns the ways of his grandparents that live in the mountains. He goes away briefly to an orphanage and reunites with his grandparents and their friend. The visual videography of the mountainous region is beautiful. There is a bit of swearing in the movie but otherwise it is family fare.

The cinematography and natural settings enhance Zak and Shia’s well-played journey. An enjoyable two hours!

Lovely upper-class family sells real estate to high-end clients. The family is quite attractive and the French homes they sell are unique and very expensive. However, I reduced rating to four stars due to the vulgar choice of music. Season 2 the background music was rap with words such as, pxssies, nxxga, dripping, mother fXca. The rap included References to LA, being Los Angeles. Since the show is sub-titled in English from French, one can read the vulgarity right on the screen. Someone is playing a dirty trick on these Frenchmen. They are innocent of these choices and would be shocked if they knew what filthy introductory music was applied to each scene. Their Mama, grandma and children are on screen with rated X music in background.

Awful. Several outstanding lead actors. Terrible script and directing. Good sets and costumes. Premise is a wedding gone wrong and flashbacks to how they got there. This was a bad soap opera. No one is honest in communicating therefore most scenes are teasers for an assumed happy ending that never happens.

Luann and Sonja at their best! Funny and charming without all the fake drama of RHONY. A feel good series showing genuine relationships with the townspeople.