Such a frustrating disappointment

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I really like season 1. It was funny. Yes, it was really, really weird also, but it was funny.Season 2 - you just really hate 3 of the 4 main male characters. I mean, you watch a bunch of male characters that you like die, and these other three you just really, really hate and they won't die, they don't die. And they won't go away. It's just not fun.I still like Roo and EJ. I'd like to see these two actresses in other things.Sort of like Soap. Seasons 1 and 2 were great, and then it just all fell apart.

Most people in these days knows that one girl who (inspired from an array of television series regarding woman liberation) sleeps around with random guys and never think of them again. Roo is one of them. a 29 year old single girl who has a nice job in marketing. Her life turns upside down as she finds out that an old boyfriend have died. Remenissing with her friend EJ, she doesn't remember much about him, other than being bad in bed. Against better judgment she attends the funeral and the wake. Using the opportunity to try and hook up with another old fling. When that one also dies Roo embarks on a journey to track down her exes, and find out that they all die in the order she slept with them...The cast performs brilliantly, more so in season 1 than season 2, but still great performances. Abe Forsythe is doing a great job directing and acting. Television and movies haven't been funny in a long time. Todays market seem to be more slapstick and toilet humor, so it's refreshing seeing some black comedy that is both well written and executed.The series is a great commentary on sex, and our generations failed attempts at handling any drawbacks. It's all fun and games... until that one day, when it isn't.

Alison Bell plays "Roo", a morally-bankrupt woman who can't seem to keep her legs closed for anyone. She sleeps with men she's just met, her best friend's partner and an unconscious man on his deathbed. (In brilliant casting, her father is played by Graeme Blundell, Alvin Purple himself!) The trouble is, once these unfortunate men have slept with her, they die in freak accidents. With the help of her best friend, Roo sets out to find a way to break her curse."Laid" wanders rather contrived and distasteful territory. Its renewal for a second season is more an indictment of the Australian television industry than a credit to the series. While there are several genuine laughs in each episode, Roo is such a loathsome central character that we tend to keep her at arm's length to just observe.Abe Forsythe plays a sulky-looking love interest who shows up at unlikely moments to cause embarrassment for Roo. In reality though, any man would run a mile once learning of her whorish past. Clearly the (female) writers know little about men.Performances from the main actors are convincing, not easy given the farcical story, though the supporting cast, such as Roo's gynecologist, are pure caricature. Production values are limited due to obvious budget constraints, making the series look like a polished student film.While there's nothing wrong with black comedy, this series constantly crosses the line. The biggest disappointment is that Roo's own life is never at stake. That, and the fact a vast sum of Australian taxpayer money was spent to bring this abhorrent series to the screen.

A first review of this Australian series, which I feel deserves some attention after seeing the first episode: "Laid" is situated in an environment something like The Office, but with more of a protagonist focus. The series is about Roo, a 29 year old single girl who works at a product marketing firm, desperately searching for Mr Right and the situations she finds herself in by doing so.Roo is an offbeat kind of person, never quite fitting in at work, never quite sure if what she says is totally off the wall or if it is the current acceptable way of thinking.The humor is very on the mark and quite racy compared to the more normative and streamlined US TV series, and the main character Roo (Alison Bell) comes off as both real and also very funny.So hoping that the series keeps its format...8/10