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The Age of Commercialism

So much average

Please don't spend money on this.

Made it through 4 episodes. I have never seen such a slow slow series in my life. This is not Igmar Bergman slow which has meaning in taking time with scenes. This is slow without any purpose. Long drawn out ... so bored.Too bad. Loved the scenery and location.Not enough to pull me through 8 hours of tedium. Hey life is short.Too much good streaming out there to waste time on this. Cut your losses and move on.

The best bit for me, as a linguist, was the fact that some of it was in Welsh (not that I know any) and it reminded me a bit of the Scandi series it was emulating. However it went on for far too many episodes. After about half way it could have been wound up quickly at any point. I lost track and interest in the council estate plot, which could have been left out in my opinion. There was also recourse to daft police incompetence to help protract matters.

I really did want to like this - the plot grew the possibilities were there, and then it just petered out. No development of the characters, no twists. It was almost as if the writers got bored with the whole thing. Noir is moody and slow but that shouldn't be an excuse for lack of storyline. Really dissapointed.

Every week we were utterly engrossed in this drama. The use of Welsh during some of the dialogue made it all the more compelling and somewhat reminiscent of Scandi noir, "The Killing". The bad guy was terrifying - keeping us guessing until the end as to whether he was truly evil or, himself, a simple, warped, victim of a cruel upbringing. Accomplished performances all round - shining particularly brightly was the young girl - hauntingly mute for most of the time, and the father - fighting his own personal battles with stoicism; sensitively portrayed by Ian Saynor. The characters drew you in from the start. Not for the younger viewers, but highly recommended for adult viewing.