Sophie N

Loved this movie. Very unusual, well-crafted, excellent acting, and for me the real love story was with the 1990's Wally.

What an incredible drama with such an interesting premise and plot, not to mention great characters. I'm so sorry it's not continuing! I felt it was just really getting going and then it ended. Why, when so many people loved it? One of the things I loved about it is it respected the viewer. No gratuitous violence or sex, in fact the "sex" scene was indeed love-making, beautifully shot. Series like this don't come around very often.

Started this series with no expectations at all; I hadn't even heard of the series. I'm on Ep 8, and ready to quit, but won't, as there's one episode left. First, Hillary Swank is a terrific actor. Their family dynamic felt very real because of all the great acting. But this had a flip side: too many too much teen/family/parenting stories. I wanted to be in space on the way to Mars, and I didn't care much about the 15 yr old's issues. I did care about Matt's issues, though, and found his character compelling. Josh Charles is compelling. Another thing started to niggle me as I watched: these parents are way too perfect. Both uncannily have the right response on the tips of the tongue always. I don't need to see family dysfunction - but a story is believable when it's characters are real. So the commander of the space flight is texting with her family and involved with family issues as she's commanding this monumental flight to Mars?? Seriously? That was too much.

Interesting, painful, if at times a tad boring, but the character studies were well-drawn and kept me interested. The two main actors were brilliant. It was interesting how the family dynamics were troubled... unhappy. And though Gloria seemed like a pleasant enough, if not lovely person, her life was hollow.