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Although it is an entertaining series, it is highly overrated. It has a interesting concept and premise but it has no business being as popular/successful as it's been and only has so because of the lack of good shows in recent years. This is my non-spoiler review of each season. Season 1 - The best season by far. It does a great job of introducing the show to you and luring you into binge watching it. Season 2 - The show gets woke and the main characters spit out some cringeworthy dialogue. It's done in a sense of irony and attempt at parody but the humour falls flat for those who don't have the maturity of a child. Season 3 - The worst season of the show (I had to fast forward through a lot of the episodes). - The three main protagnists become complete morons, missing almost every clue and connection if it's not spelled out for them. Season 4: - An excuse for celebrities to lick each other's a**holes. Hollywood is coming undone and losing our adoration for them, so they've resorted to stroking each other's...egos. There are scenes where they pretend to break the fourth wall by leaning into our perception of them but it's obvious what they're doing. - Despite the mystery being a bit convoluted, the show finally delivers a mystery that is somewhat hard to solve. The saving graces of the show throughout the series are Selena Gomez (Mabel), who just knows how to come across as charming and likeable no matter what character she plays, Steve Martin (Charles) who sadly appears to be nearing the end of his life but tries to deliver his comedy in the style that has made him beloved for generations. Martin Short (Oliver) is just as irritating and insufferable with his acting as ever. I'm convinced him and Steve Martin have had a homosexual relationship on the down low for decades. It's the only thing that makes sense as to how/why he gets roles to this day. Also, Michael Creighton's character, Danny, is a delight.

The greatest romantic comedy movie ever made. It's near perfection and will remain a classic.

Although this is a phenomenal movie, it mainly now serves as a reminder of how we overreacted to Jordan Peele's talent as filmmaker, which is evident by the diminishing quality of his movies following Get Out. Once the BLM hype wore off and the woke diversity agenda became unbearable, we began to critique entertainment based on its merits again. This movie itself was almost flawless, apart from Daniel's bland acting.

It is a good movie, which the whole family will enjoy, with sentimental songs sung well. Also, it is a move that will age well with time. However, it is slightly overrated. Its themes have been done countless times before and done better in some others. Those who raved about it being perfection are mostly likely white people who don't want to seem racist by giving it less than five stars.

It is just okay. Okay for a watch on a rainy day in bed. Okay for a classic easily solveable whodunnit. Okay performances from an otherwise great cast.

A terribly boring movie. They simply copied and pasted everything from the very first Alien movie, except did it worse. It's not a homage or nod to the original but just an uninspired rip off. Bland acting with wrong casting choices and being unintentionally funny at some moments instead of thrilling are only a couple of the issues. Entertainment is subjective but it's obvious the positive reviews are from those who pretended to like it because it has female and black protagonists. Those, like me, who value entertainment based on quality don't care about that. So, it's just not a good movie at all. I would have given it one star but the visual effects are decent. Give credit where it's due.

It was boring. Simple as that. I made two attempts to watch it but I fell asleep both times. However, entertainment is subjective, so give it a go if you think it's for you.

Although the show started off on a high in Season 1, whereby all the episodes were entertaining, intriguing, fascinating, etc. the show quickly starts dipping in quality in Season 2, picks up again in Season 3 and then just hits its lowest in its final season. Don't let the 100% fool you but do make your mind up, entertainment is subjective after all. This is just my two cents worth. The negatives - Dr Kristen Bouchard becomes an insufferable protagonist. I understand a huge part of her role is to demonstrate how the balance between the complexities of the human pysche against our imperfect vulnerabilities (science vs religion) affects our perceptions, perspectives , choices, etc. but the writing leaves her with no redeeming qualities. She's a terrible mother, an unfaithful wife (a bit of a whore really), hypocritical, selfish, dishonest and just an overall bad person. - Dr Kristen Bouchard's children are the dumbest and most annoying characters I've watched in a program for a long while. - The character, David, becomes dull. We get it, you're conflicted because you want to be a priest but you're horny all the time blah blah... - I hate the woke messaging when it switched to Paramount. Apparently, black people can do no wrong, white men are evil or weak, and if women do wrong or can't win, it's because of the influence of men. - It's evidently clear it's a show created by old people because "technology bad" "influencers bad", etc. The three saving graces (pun not intended): Positives: - The mysteries are pretty cool. - Dr Leland Townsend is the most interesting and exciting character on the show. Michael Emerson is a great actor, especially so when playing deceptive villains. I like that they gave the character a redeeming quality that ties into his philosophy of free will. - Ben is a good character. He's brilliant and funny. In moments of weakness, he maintains his decent and likeable nature inspite of the challenges he faces.

Don't get fooled by the nonsense high ratings this movie has received both on Rotten Tomatoes and here by those caught in Keanu's Reeve's popularity wave. This is an absolute painful movie to watch. It's basically what you'd get if Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants was given his own feature length movie but he was almost a senior citizen and he was both the main characters. Yes, that bad.

A rare instance where the trailer makes the movie look worse than it actually is. Although it's nothing to write home about, it is a good movie. Most of the sequences relied on coincidences, and a lot of the fight choreography didn't make sense but the pacing was good and it was funny most of the time.