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AMAZING. how they managed to put so much emotion into this, words can't even describe. I'm only just finishing episode 2 now and I've never left a Google review before, but I just HAD to for this limited series. Stop what you're doing and go binge it right now! Update: Urassaya Sperbund AKA the actress for Kelly seems really over-dramatic and doesn't really do a good job with fitting in with the rest of the cast who are much more natural in their parts. She seems extremely "American", which I know she's supposed to be the stereotypical American but I feel like the actress overdoes it to a point where you get mentally removed from the reality that the producers are trying to reenact. Long story short, she's really annoying in her role and I feel like someone else could've played the role much better. She stands out, but not in a good way... I'm changing my entire rating from 5/5 to 4/5 purely because of her place in the movie. (This is only a judgement on her acting abilities, I'm not at all dismissing the fact that she could be a really nice person in real life!)

BELOW: Is a half-way review where I rated it 2 stars originally based on cinematography, and then I changed it to 4 stars once I finished the movie. (I specify where I put the edit in btw!) I'm about half way through but can I just say, I reallyyy hate the cinematography. They had so many choices to make it look natural, authentic, and "one with the protagonist", and then they used these awkward clips that looked so pre-prepared? So much potential wasted purely from the cinematography. It looks like your basic Disney or Netflix movie shots, nothing actually appealing to the eye but instead a film crew with infinite money and finite skill. I don't really care about the plot thus far, maybe it might switch up later on. Lilli Rheinhart is wasted on this movie, her natural skill in acting is wasted on a movie like this. UPDATE/EDIT: This is going to sound so fake but I'm switching up so hard with my stance on this film. It is so beautiful and it shows what that one moment in life is like for a majority of teens/young adult women. It's literally like, 'what if?' What if I got pregnant from that one night stand? What if I kept it and what if I got rid of it? What if the bio father stayed or not? What if I regretted aborting it? What are the consequences for either way? (reference to the 'Look Both Ways' movie title) Though, as I mentioned before, the cinematography could be very much improved and not look as polished and "Netflix-y" as it does look, in reference to my previous thoughts on the film. But apart from that, I still take back the extreme negative thoughts I had towards Look Both Ways. Even if a male audience doesn't relate to/understand this film, then I'm sure a female audience will appreciate it to its full extent. (Unless you don't believe in sex before marriage, which I also furthermore respect very much.) And if a male audience does relate to being the other guy who got a girl pregnant, then I'm also glad that there is that representation from a man's perspective.