Ameeshi Goel

Really disliked the movie. I actually hadn't heard of it until around the second release, which is when I found a lot of people gushing over it. I was shocked to learn that Imitiaz had presented something that I was completely unaware of. And just piggybacking on people's enthusiasm, I went to check it out. And I was disappointed by almost all of it. The second half was definitely more stimulating than the first but overall, everything in the screenplay felt half-baked and overdone at the same time. Nothing really felt organic - the love, the attraction, the family feuds, the consequences of the time apart, the reunion, the friends sticking with the protagonists, none of it. It just felt like a forced retelling of a classic, with not enough breathing room given to any of the important plot points. The dialogues were also trite and insipid. The only captivating sequence was that of Qais losing it tbh. And the only moment that made me genuinely laugh was when Qais was convincing his father to take the rishta to Laila's, and he was making fun of his wrath. Also, not to forget, terrible make up and costume.

kept me hooked - great cinematography, juicy and meaty characters, worthy twists and cliffhangers. just didn't enjoy the end too much. thought i'd be left more in awe but maybe i am too numb.

Binge watched this show - that's a feat in itself for a show, for me personally, because lately I don't throw my plans out of the window for binging. I did really enjoy some parts of it - cinematography, production design, sound design, acting. A beautiful setting in the form of a city of Mainjur added charm to every frame. I did, however, find there to be some inconsistencies and some arbitration in the writing that I didn't particularly enjoy.

A friend recommended this show to me in 2018 and I instantly fell in love with it. I initially had trouble understanding the accents but once you get used to it, it is pure joy! I love the characters - Erin, Orla, Clare, Michelle, James, Gerry, SISTER MICHAEL (she gives me life), among others! This is so different from everything I've ever seen. Of course, it is a sitcom with an MO you get used to and maybe even tired of, at one point. But I just can't seem to stop enjoying it. The Derry backdrop, the Troubles, the costume design, the cinematography, the writing, I love it! Makes me want to relive my high school with these girls, to learn about the Troubles, to get into their 90s music, and keep watching their lives. I grew up to have a sarcasm that was primarily based on insulting the other person. But with political correctness, and pop-psychology, and being mean, even as a joke, being inappropriate these days, I have slowly started shedding that mean sarcasm layer of me. But it's so validating to see that humor here. It makes me feel like there is still hope for that layer of me. It is set in the 90s so maybe Northern Ireland has grown to shed that layer too, but I sure hope it hasn't!

Wednesday's obsession with working this mystery out and her nonchalance about putting herself and, more importantly, others in dangers got too old too quick. This is aside from the weariness of her not following a single order and stepping on everyone's toes and somehow getting away with it each time. The worst of it was very assertively accusing anyone she suddenly found culpable, and then not even feeling sorry about being wrong, most of the times because the wrongly accused was already dead. The lack of range in the emotions her face could betray also started to get cringey by the 3rd episode. All of what seemed endearing in the first two episodes - the sassiness, the self-assuredness, the one-track mindedness - all started seeming not enough of a personality by the time I was 2 hours into it. 2 stars because it wasn't totally horrible because of Gwendoline Christie's presence and Catherine Zeta Jones' role.