gdrenfrew Reviews

Succession: Pre-Nuptial (2018) Season 1, Episode 9

Needs to be stopped

[6/10 · 1 November 2019]

Would work as a comedy unfortunately every character plays the same role and says the same tempo of lines.

Very bland despite all the fancy Vibes

Only Caulkin is decent.

The Professor (I) (2018)

Oh no don't click on this

[1/10 · 13 September 2019]

Baaaad bad bad bad. Bad writing. Bad directing. Bad lighting. Oh bad acting. Bad writing again. "Cut to the chase!" "Follow your dreams". "Cancer is an escape!"

A V O I D

Salt Fat Acid Heat (2018)

Very dull

[2/10 · 19 June 2019]

An incredibly boring presenter. A Netflix doc by numbers - from the music, the typeface, the "I just realised some fundamental truth everyone else also knows but I made a tv show about it..." intro.

It's like the presenter is playing the idiot to satisfy the lowest common denominator of Netflix's US audience. She is fundamentally unlikeable on screen, but obviously has a rapport with the people she is speaking to. It's so strange to watch.

Full of valid statements like: "Food doesn't have to be complicated to be delicious". Who knew?

Go and watch Floyd on Food or something actually engaging. This is without merit.

Must Love Dogs (2005)

Who writes this stuff?

[2/10 · 3 May 2019]

There were not enough dogs in this. Also, everyone except John cusack is a POS.

Really dreadful film. Leaden plot, dire script and woeful acting.

The Mule (2018)

Shockingly bad

[2/10 · 22 March 2019]

Unbelievable. Terribly acted. Holes a mile wide in the 'plot'. An affront to film making.

Do. Not. Watch. This.

Free Solo (2018)

Great job, film makers

[10/10 · 4 March 2019]

Really as gut wrenchingly terrifying as you imagine. Sitting in the cinema watching thru m fingers.

Amazing scenery and well paced doc.

The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024)

Mary J Blige oh my

[1/10 · 2 March 2019]

Hateful characters, APPALLING acting, weak script and no story. Decent sound track. 10 episodes? Haha haha no.

Behind the Curve (2018)

Badly made

[1/10 · 1 March 2019]

Director needs to go to film school.

Spent far too long on the narcissist Mark and his cats. The scientists were much more engaging elements, but were sadly only a tiny part of this 90min snooze fest.

Everyone else in this was either suffering from mental health problems or engaging in some weird MLM cult.

Patriot (2015–2018)

Easily the most enjoyable show on Prime

[9/10 · 7 January 2019]

Funny, dark, witty, well written, directed, acted.

Keep making stuff like this please Amazon.

If you are a half-way literate adult with an actual sense of humour, you will enjoy this.

How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020)

Rank rotten acting in the first minutes

[1/10 · 7 January 2019]

And it does not improve. The utter clown playing Wes is unwatchable and should just give up. Utterly dreadful.

Oh plus loads of sex to go with the bad acting. If that's you're thing well uh... there are better options.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

Harmless

[4/10 · 5 January 2019]

Pleasant enough for a slow couple of hours. Story never really hooks you in though. Pretty weak acting from almost everyone though - esp Tom Courtenay, he's tripe. Only Matthew Goode and Penelope Wilton do any justice.

The Land of Steady Habits (2018)

Losers, every one.

[1/10 · 1 January 2019]

Can Netflix stop funding utter horse manure? No one in this film has a likeable bone in their body. Why expect folk to enjoy 2hrs with zero reward? First time I have considered cancelling my account - in fact it would be binned if my parents weren't also using it.

Don't watch the trailer, it paints an image of a fun post-midlife crisis rebirth. It most definitely is not that, and you will feel duped.

StartUp (2016–2018)

Meh it's ok

[5/10 · 22 September 2018]

Loads of sex scenes in the start for some reason. Lots of shouting. Lots of bad dialogue. All unlikeable characters, except the Haitian gangster.

Absolutely no reason for the show to not be a decent 90 minute movie, rather the same old bloated Prime gunk.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023)

Loud and obnoxious

[3/10 · 21 September 2018]

Who knows why this is getting rave reviews?

A semi-interesting premise is ham-acted to oblivion. Only the Dad is watchable. 6 episodes in and nothing to keep us hooked.

It's a series of expletive-filled skits interspersed with loud music from 50/60/70s. Makes no sense.

Red Sparrow (2018)

Kind of good, kind of too weird

[5/10 · 16 September 2018]

Convoluted plot and plenty of bone crunching moments to make you wince. Unfortunately the "twist" is telegraphed right from the start, which is unfortunate.

Better viewing than most Hollywood films, and fair play to JL for doing something a bit risky.

Lady Dynamite (2016–2017)

Mad and hilarious

[8/10 · 14 September 2018]

Genuinely surprising US comedy. Hair-brained events and cracking script. Great cast and talking dogs.

Good Girls (2018–2021)

Boundless idiocy

[3/10 · 30 July 2018]

How can these people - especially the short one - be some amazingly stupid?

There is no joy in watching a show where every plot "twist" is as direct result of every thing this numbnuts does. Sync phone to stolen car? Tel waitress they just smuggled stuff? Rob her own place of work and not hide her tramp stamp?

An utterly pointless show.

The Girl on the Train (2016)

ANNOYING

[2/10 · 16 July 2018]

Characters that do nothing but speak in cliches. A drunk lady who stalks her neighbours and gets involved in a murder, then is so stupid she goes to the murderers house.

You could write this.

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

No plot?

[2/10 · 27 June 2018]

Who gets to make a film with no plot? Just a series of scenes with nothing to tie them together. Makes absolutely no sense.

Some decent characters left undeveloped and some OK performances (Amy Poehler).

David Wain, you and the guy who plays Coop should be ashamed you even made this.

Bosch (2014–2021)

Hackneyed, dull dialogue, tired characters

[2/10 · 22 February 2015]

What else have all these 10/10 reviewers been watching? Teletubbies? Plot is thin. Dialogue is predictable. Characters have been done to death.

Oh he smokes? Edgy! Problems with authority? Snarky comebacks? You betcha.

TV by numbers. Don't waste your time.

Some decent actors, but none of them are convincing. I echo the reviewer who slagged of makeup dept. "Bosch - you look like sh1t!" No, he doesn't. He looks tanned and healthy in a nice shirt and tie. Just really bad.

Prometheus (I) (2012)

Plot holes galore

[2/10 · 5 June 2012]

I won't repeat what a lot of other reviewers have said, but just wanted to register and warn any movie-goers that this film is not worth your £12 - $20 at the box office.

It is a shambles.

Only the opening scene with Michael Fassbender has any redeeming qualities - and looks like it will shape into a good movie in the 2001/Moon mold. But even this scene opens up major holes in the movie. Fassbender is watching (and quotes from) 'Lawrence of Arabia'. So movies exist in this world. Yet none of the other characters have scene ANY Hollywood thrillers, or read any novels or anything. They continue to fall in to the same traps as every other idiot in every crappy sci-fi film ever made.

Take helmet off? Check. Play God with a new species? Check. Open the ships doors despite not knowing who/what is trying to get in? Check The list of 'I can't believe they actually did that' moments is endless.

Some of the special effects are neat, and Fassbender is the one redeeming quality.

The entire movie is a set-up for multiple sequels (or more Alien prequels)

Laughable. Everyone involved in this (except Fassbender and the special effects guys) should be ashamed.

Horrible Bosses (2011)

Funny? You're joking?

[4/10 · 8 August 2011]

Dire.

No consequences for any of the main characters means you don't care if anything or nothing happens to them.

Charlie Day whines/screams in every scene, making him borderline unwatchable.

Hilarious 'I can't pronounce your name cos it's sort of foreign' gags. It's desperate stuff.

A great studio success at picking the pockets of the movie-going public.

Second only to 'Superbad' in the 'films to avoid' list of any right-minded human being.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Mixed up confusion

[23 July 2001]

Maybe you have to have read The Odyssey to get much of this movie. Didn't seem like there was any strong plot running thru it, one minute seems to be about a "fortune about to be sunk in a reservoir", the next about Clooney and his estranged spouse getting back together, then about a hick country music band. Maybe I was tired, but this movie dragged for me. Some decent performances from the cast, which served to show-up GC's TV-standard acting.

Too many words which he just seemed to be reading rather than living.

Watch and be confused. Or asleep.