Best movie of this year hands down!

i must have seen a different film!!

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I am really amazed because this has been on production for over 15 yrs! Probably because it is so easy to follow and people can find themselves and their acquaintance in this series.I was taking care of their video tape recorders up to 2001 and I know that these are made really fast. They don't have time to shoot many takes but it usually is recorded as fast as possible. One take and that's it. This is why I give two stars because I admire the actors and actresses who can do this in such stressful environment.Some of the people are professionals but there are many young persons just appearing the series and if he/she does it well enough, the magazines are telling all about these people making them familiar to those who watch this. So this series is served strongly to the ordinary Finnish people.Some are very over acting; usually Police, doctors or authorities. These are very annoying to see because the Finnish Police etc. are very professional and do not act so arrogantly or passionate but are calm and very professional.

Well yes. I started watching this somewhere in the beginning, mostly because it was good way to catch some sleep (no brains needed) Then they changed show time and I didn't watch it at all. Then my girlfriend liked to watch it when we saw each other, I had to buy at least six beers to get it trough on sofa.Now to the actual "series"... There is this main plot that everybody lives nearby or are somehow connected to each other, but they won't tell each other anything about their lives and then there is stalking "what is my neighbor doing?!?" something like that.There is this constant story that jumps wildly from other spot to unknown and you don't get anything out of it. Well maybe if you are 85y old woman etc.Acting is horrible (I suppose they could act lot better but thanks to horrible directing they have to act badly, nobody in Finland speaks like they do) They use same facial expressions so they can be like more easily remembered. I was at the set seeing horrible setups after 12 years of this show, can't they get at least better shooting places? I suppose not.This is probably worst Finnish soap opera I've ever seen. Actually Bold & The Beautiful was 5x better and I hated it. So choose your path.1/10 (I would give -1/10 if it was possible)

"Salatut Elämät" is a high-rated finish soap opera about a bunch of young and older people sharing house in Helsinki, Finland. Over the years the show has changed a lot. Many of the original cast members have left the series to become film stars in their country. From the critical point of view the subjects here are formulaic, but due to the lack of competitors it has gained its success over the years. In the early days of the show it dealed with such controversial issues like homo-sexuality, drugs and teen-pregnancy, but during the last couple of years it has become more of a traditional drama concentrating on human relationships.

This TV-show it's like the Bold & The Beautiful soap-operas, but in Finnish. It caught a lot of attention in Finland when one of the characters started to sell drugs, and the fact that one of the character is gay...