it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Lights Out a fine portrait of the working class American male. The lead actor is well cast, reprising his role from Fight Club and others. We come to sympathize with Lights because he is fair, means well and is generous with his family. He is doomed, however, by his greed and stupidity. In the end he is a doberman who fights for food, and will always be played by the manipulators who use him until they throw away and replace him. Lights is aware of this, but he doesn't mind and soldiers on because his goal is to elevate his family into the intellectual elite, so that they can become manipulators themselves. The family situation is fully explored, and it is made clear that Lights is the leader, financially and morally, of a misfit crew that would be completely lost without him, save for his brilliant daughter. This is the story of evolution, in the context of pure Americana, as Joe Palooka takes the punches to deliver his possibly-unworthy and definitely-ungrateful family to the promised land.

I'd given up on TV series except for the very popular 3 shows that always win awards (Breaking Bad, In Treatment, Dexter). But I'd heard about this show and noticed the first episode was free, so I watched. I was entranced immediately. The first episode opens on the fighter looking like Frankenstein, almost unrecognizably human. And his character builds from there, a sweet soul who finds himself having to do some questionable things to stay afloat. I like the way this story is told, in a non-linear but very understandable fashion, giving us chunks of unseen information after its happened, as a flashback. And the writers are slowly building the stakes here, painting our champ into a corner so that you know what he's going to have to do to provide for his family. Great soundtrack, too.

I am a loyal fan of FX programming since tuning into Rescue Me and NIP/TUCK several years ago. I found this channel to be one of the best for the kind of shows I liked. You might say guy shows, but I think I liked their originality and edge. I have also loved SOA and Justified. But "Lights Out" was so boring and slow it put me to sleep. From the pilot the show was cliché and full of predictable story lines. The most important story would be the lead actor's, "Lights" himself but his is the most boring and predictable. A has been athlete goes back to the ring one last time. A comeback story. The trouble is this story has been done to death. It has even been done this season with "The Fighter". I could not get into this show at all. I thought Warren Leight's writing was terrible and unnatural. He has lost his touch from "In Treatment".The actress who portrays the wife, Catherine Mccormick, has impressed me in her film work but does a terrible job on the show. Her accent is all over the map with some kind of bastardized American accent that changes every line.The kids are cute but also very predictable. They are stereotypes and remind me of the daughters you'd see in a sitcom. The eldest:boy crazy teenager. The middle daughter: nerdy and quick witted. The youngest: annoying and cutesy.All in all I did not like this show at all. It is nothing like other programs FX put out. It's watered down and depressing. The show is dark. Dementia? I don't want to watch it every week when I've worked all day and put my kids to sleep.I'm not watching this show. FX needs to do better to hold my interest. It's not a great show.

I love this new show and I love Holt McCallany as an actor. He should have been cast in a lead way before this. I hope FX does not cancel this show. I will be watching this show every week. I can't wait to see more episodes. I like his wife Theresa too. I don't understand why major TV channels don't pick this show up. This is one of the best new shows on TV. I can't wait to see some fight scenes. This show is great. It's about time TV gets some exciting TV shows. I remember seeing Holt McCallany in a couple of Law and Order episodes and I thought he was a great actor then. I really hope FX renews this show next year because it stands out over the other new TV shows this year. I hope voting for it on this website helps keep it on TV. I am going to email FX too and tell them I really like this show.