gerry furth

Engrossing and entertaining with excellent acting and directing and scenic backdrop in southern France with plenty of plot holes.

This film makes you fall in love with Manhattan all over again. And the fresh, younger actors I’m seeing for the first time were worth the watch. The older actors in similar roles (like Sisters) felt so dull in comparison. The Woody Allen cadence that is inflicted on the main character is painful at the beginning and then blissfully goes away. A good film for a TV watch. Woukd have been a “money waster” disappointment in a theater. All the professional reviews accurately describe why as they dissect the film, starting with the stale and dated script.

I wondered why Amazon rates this film 5 stars and now I know. I rarely, if ever, write reviews and wanted to help get the word out. Yes, it was slow getting into and had an expected and slightly contrived ending. But by the middle I was totally invested in the two characters, who were on screen in about every frame. And I am still thinking about the film the next day. The two leads are married off-screen, Sam and Amber Jaeger, with Sam also the writer and director of TAKE ME HOME. One thought I had was that he so generously wrote and directed the part of his wife in a more appealing way than he did his own! The talented, veteran supporting cast that became bigger and filled in the story at the end was also engaging and a wonderful layer to film. This would make a great double- bill with the still-underrated, wonderful ELECTRIC HORSEMAN with Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.

This was a surprising treat in so many ways- mostly entertaining, original, continually surprising, surprising, engaging, witty, romantic, funny and fresh in the writing, direction, acting (just everyone in the cast!) and fashion and pop culture on the screen… 3 seasons and the last episode were enough for us though when one of the lead characters turn a downturn and the plot also seemed desperate or repetitious.

A disappointment and I’d rather watch Muriel’s wedding … there sadly was not one single character other than maybe the in the background gay husband I cared about and the profanity was gratuitous skip it or watch one eposods

The show is better written than most and the Jane Lynch character (and catering director character) are outstanding Still even the thought of watching it more than once is painful. But this show is about actors and has zero to do with catering. No one apparently cooks the mediocre looking food for this "posh" company. The food is transported in 99-cent store disposable containers and you never see the food As someone who worked for a premiere caterer in its heyday, it was more exciting, dramatic, and hilariously funny in real life. For the the funniest take on catering: the Will and Grace episode "Cater Waiters" is alone better than this whole Party Down series put together.

Consistently engaging, witty, often surprising and LOL funny

Read The spot-on NY Times review and the excellent ones below. Re: one writer below talking the characters appeal: I actually watched the series because I saw 4 of the very appealing actors compete on a holiday GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF show — and even got a new trial subscription to HBO MAX to watch. I also confirm that the series goes from ensemble to a focus on one character, and the one I found the least appealing in the show and the rather one-note actor. (My favorite “character” win the holiday show) And Neil Patrick Harris (who I have met but never seen perform, just host shows) is absolutely stupendous. I only knew it was him after reading the credits here. I remain in awe.

I really wanted to like this miniseries - but it was a dull, slow slog. Andie McDowell is always dazzling to watch, as she was here, and her own daughter played the lead. Unfortunately this was a one note, fairly off-putting performance. The only people I cared about were very minor ones: the high energy instant friend and director in the women’s housing unit; the social worker. (I appreciate the effort, and didn’t do the NETFLIX vote) And the problem was not the theme of a life precarious just above and below the poverty line. I watched NOMADLAND twice over and had an affinity for every one of the people in it

I advise reading a professional review of the film to appreciate the nuances, as I myself always do. As a historian I welcomed the original sources used. It is told in a compelling manner, both from the defense and prosecution side, I started to "check out the film" late one night and before I realized it had watched the whole thing! I am a major fan of chameleon actor Tahar Rahim, and he did not disappoint. (see him as an outlandish charismatic character in SAMBA and in THE PROPHET). The cast was excellent, starting with an amazingly older Jodie Foster. Bravo.