racheljdenyer Reviews

Fifteen-Love (2023)

Disappointing

[3/10 · 11 November 2023]

I'll admit I only started watching this because it had Aidan Turner in it - and as actor I admire his talent.

No offence to him or to Ella Lily Hyland (or any of the other actors) because it's not their ability as actors that ruin this.

I get that this is important issue, and that the plot in itself was topical. But what on earth happened from its inception to the final production?

It's just dire. I don't know if I'm even going to bother watching the last 3 episodes because I just find it so incredibly predictable, boring and mind numbing. It could have been so much better. That's my word count reached so I'll leave it there.

Wilderness (2023)

Disappointing

[2/10 · 27 September 2023]

6 episodes of god knows how to describe it. In parts it was good, in parts it was mediocre, in others it was just ridiculous.

It's not a thriller most of it you can see coming down the track long before you even get to there. There are one or two characters who basically I don't see the relevance of. I could quite easily pick apart the investigation undertaken by police.

I felt little sympathy for any of the main characters - except one male who was more of a bystander. Couldn't work out what accent Jenna Coleman was doing as it certainly wasn't Welsh. And her mother sounded like a character from Gavin and Stacey which was stereotyped. I found it disappointing - to the point I'd wish I hadn't watched it. I certainly wouldn't have missed much.