Nice effects though.

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Excellent, a Must See

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Christian slater has not had a good TV show and/or movie in years and he fails us once again with this lame pathetic and abysmal attempt about a man who has bipolar disorder and the rest is history, the story is just completely terrible, the acting is wooden, the teleplay is a big time and the only reason people watch this is because of the title that is all, when I Look at shows like this it makes me wanna puke so badly, Steve zahn looks like he's lost in this thing and he brings nothing new to the screen, the story goes nowhere, this show is pathetic and it should be cancelled thankfully, for a better TV show about the same theme see amazing stories.This junk gets a D+ and one of the year's worst TV.

Like Christian Slater. REALLY like Steve Zahn. So I tried this for about halfway through the pilot, and found Zahn's character especially so manic, so loud, so annoying, I had to shut it off. If I had to watch his character every week, I think I'd start pulling the wings off butterflies, or something. Fairly weak writing, as well. Decent premise, truly annoying execution. There are too many good series on TV right now to make room for this one. I've known bipolar people before, had a close friend for years who was afflicted with it, but never experienced anyone like this. Too manic, and so grating. Sorry to repeat myself, but had to fill up ten lines; in short - PASS ON THIS ONE!

I'm afraid I was somewhat underwhelmed by the debut of Mind Games. At first it sounded like a version of "Psych", but the first few minutes of the show made it clear that the two precepts had nothing in common.I really enjoyed Steve Zahn's performance in Treme, but I found him just a little too frenetic (and loud) as the bipolar brother here. And Christian Slater, who was supposed to be the "normal" brother, came off as a bit unhinged as well - in his case, more sociopathic.I'm not writing it off after only one episode, but I'm hoping that these portrayals will mellow out just a bit as the series continues. If I want to see erratic behaviour and people bouncing off the walls, I can find something closer to home.

I like Christian Slater and can't figure out why he can't get a TV show to fit his talent but Mind Games isn't it. Slater is the somewhat saner of two brothers: Ross Edwards. His job is to try to get someone to buy into his brother's, Clark played by Steve Zahn, plans to manipulate people into doing what someone wants by tricking their minds into believing it is what they actually want to do. I can live with the premise. I can't live with Zahn's character who is so ADHD that I get a migraine watching him imitate Robin Williams on steroids mixed with Aderol and Ritalin turning him into a super frenetic Dervish whose only calmative is Ross' ex-wife. I was so worn out that by the middle of the pilot episode, I had to turn the show off. Maybe there is an audience for this 1, 2, 3, brought to you by the letter G fast moving grown up Sesame Street short attention span theater show; but it ain't for me.