I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

My wife and I limit our TV time to the night as we are winding down from a long day. In reality, the world is filled with drama; who said what to whom, which bill can we pay this month, and maybe I shouldn't eat that last piece of steak since my heart is having a hard time. We tend to watch TV in order to escape reality or at least put our minds at ease for a few moments before we have to deal with the next crisis of the day. Eli Stone is like the perfect girlfriend that becomes the worst wife once married. Feel free to substitute boyfriend/husband at your preference. Season 1 is able to bring you into a world of hope and possibilities. You are able to see an Attorney that is amazing at his job except that his success means innocent people are hurt in the process. Eli soon discovers he has a health condition that could be fatal. Along with this problem comes hallucinations that persuade him to be a better person. All through Season 1 the show brings you along this journey of a man who sets out to change the world while having to deal with his friends and family struggling to accept his condition. All in all the people in the show are decent humans. Eli's main concerns are his health, hallucinations and the case of the week. This is the perfect partner. Your angle girlfriend or boyfriend.Then comes Season 2 where the writers themselves must have suffered from a brain aneurysm, brain damage, or perhaps decided money was more important than good story telling. Either way, all the characters you know and love are no longer the same people that were developed in Season 1. Immediately in Season 2 there is drama and turmoil that would have never happened in Season 1. It's as though the Producers felt there wasn't enough dramatic conflict between the characters so they had to force something that hadn't been developed in the previous season. If I were to sum up each episode and rate Eli Stone, it deserves a 5. However, I'm rating Eli Stone based on the original spirit of the show not what it turned into. If you really enjoyed Season 1 and can't wait to binge watch Season 2, I highly recommend you take a moment to reflect on what Season 2 would be like if all the characters were like Matt Dowd but worse and Matt Dowd became the nicest one. If this turns your stomach then skip Season 2.

You might recall Quantum Leap where Scott Bacula leaped into the bodies of characters with the instruction he had to do some good so he might make another leap in the hope he would make the leap home. In the case of Eli Stone you have an attorney with a brain aneurysm who instead of leaps has hallucinations that lead him to legal cases in which he has to do good but he is never sure what good it is he has to do. Of course there is no clear indication if he does enough good his inoperable aneurysm will become operable and thus stop the hallucinations in which case he can once again become the rainmaker for his legal firm he once was.So if you were a fan of Quantum Leap, you might like this.

I really can't understand all the controversy around Eli Stone... It's a WONDERFUL show, I think one of the best I've seen since... a long time. My mother an I love it, we started watching from the beginning to (what seems) the very end. It's horrible they've taken it out. Who cares about the subject of one of the episodes? If people believe what they see in TV series, the problem doesn't come from the show but from the people, really. For example, in Boston Legal (another series), they talk about a cure to Sida. It doesn't mean anyone has it (yet), or anything of the sort. IT'S A SHOW, JEEZ! And above all, who looks for reality in a show where the main character has hallucinations where he sings along with George Michael and sees the catastrophes before they happen? I just hope they will change their mind... They can't leave us like they did in the last episode!! They can't stop Eli Stone!

I've never rated a TV show but every now and then, a special one came along that changed my perception of trashy network TV. I didn't watch this show when it was aired, I watched it on the DVD release, and to my own surprise, I finished the complete Season one! To my opinion, first half of the season one is among the best shows I've ever seen came out from Network and Cabled TV. They are even better than most movies I've seen nowadays, and with a better price: free. I liked the show because it has all the qualities are not generally found in a TV show: well written and acted, clever and touching at the same time, and it rings truth and did make one think after watching it. Yes, I noticed it's a little Alley Mcbealish and that lost some of my rating for originality, however, it offered more emotional depth. I can't see this is a show that can be aired for seasons. It's a show with quality, not quantity. I'd rather to see it end soon and remain as one of my favorites, instead of sliding back to the trashy network formula.