A brilliant film that helped define a genre

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Mild Spoilers aheadI'd heard nothing of the show until a friend casually recommended it to me and said something along the lines of "it's an interesting and realistic take on what people would do if 2% of the population disappeared." Well he got me to watch it with that pitch.Season 1 i felt was interesting, it posed some meaningful questions and had a decent lineup of interesting characters. I mean most of the characters gave a pretty bad first impression but they grew on me. Even though the writing wasn't the best it still had me intrigued. As an atheist i suspected this show might not be for me, i struggle to follow shows/films that blatantly states that "god is real" and everything unexplainable that happens can be explained by God or some divine power. To me it feels like a cheap cop out, where it's like "yeah that can happened because you know...god." and the writers doesn't really have to explain anything "because you know...god."The show felt pretty "realistic" in the first season with not very much "divine intervention" at all except the fact that 2% of the population went missing. But then season 2 and 3 happened, suddenly there were no rules. Anything could happen in this world, and finding any kind of explanation for the things that transpired proved difficult at best. Characters started doing ridiculous "out of character" things and it became hard to root for or like any of them. Season 3 literally felt like the show was getting cancelled and the creators had been promised one more season so they just rushed the story straight to the end without much thought.And by the way, in Season 1 90% of the scenes consists of Kevin Garvey exiting or entering a vehicle. It is beyond ridiculous, i'm serious! Look at any episode from season 1 and i promise you there is at least 5 scenes in each episode where Kevin Garvey is exiting or entering a vehicle, i mean how can you not think of a different scene transition than this? It's not that hard. And also the opening scene of season 2, going way back in time. What were you thinking? What did it provide the viewer? or the story for that sake? Made no sense to have it in the show, just made the show seem more random which it didn't need at all. A bit off topic there but yeah, i would probably rate the first season a strong 7 but Season 2&3(especially 3) would be around a 6-5. Season 3 i had to force myself to watch, i figured i had watched this far so i might as well watch the rest of it so i can justify my review of the show. And you know maybe i'd get some decent explanations for the unexplained things that happened trough the show? NOPE.There's a lot of good tv-shows these days, the Leftovers is not one of them(at least for me).

The Leftovers boasts some of the most intelligently written characters as well as spectacular and often uncomfortable insight into human beings and how they grieve.

This show is so stupid. It reminds me of Twilight. It's emo, it's cliche, it's boring, it's lazily filmed, and most of all... NOTHING HAPPENS IN THE ENTIRE SHOW! The show is supposed to be story driven, but the plot barely goes anywhere! It's just a series of random people dealing with something that happened three years ago! Nothing happens at all! The show would've been way more interesting if there was an adventure in the alternate universe that the 2% went to... But no... We get this crap.

This show at its best is great television, but at its worst is a snooze fest. I had heard glowing reviews from people, so I wanted to like this show, but I couldn't get into it enough. Most of the reviews I read here are written just after the pilot, and my firm belief is that you should never review a show until you watch the whole thing. The pilot is rough but it gets progressively better. The first season is solid with a coherent plot and frustrating but interesting characters. The second season I've seen people call artsy, but to me it's just annoying. It presents a good mystery in the premiere and then works so slowly to solve it and abandons the plot when it wants to. The finale is awesome as most of this show's finales are, but it was the most dissapointing season. The third season starts out promising and then again loses it, and the finale, is poetic but predictable and boring.The acting is great and I was very surprised by the quality of Justin Theroux. Carrie Coon, Christopher Eccleston and Amy Brenneman were the heavy hitters, and they are the saving grace of the show. I'm all for shows that emphasize character development but this show is a bit overkill on it. The third season abandons some characters and really on focuses on Kevin and Nora the majority of the time, which was also annoying. Overall this show delivered some of the coolest moments on tv, specifically the first season finale, which in my opinion is the show's best episode, but also had some incredibly dull moments which is the show's big ditractor. I truly wanted to like this show, but I just couldn't. It had some very powerful moments and the music is well incorporated but it really all came to nothing, which makes me sad because this show had such great potential. 6/10 is generous for me but I can really rate it any lower because I did enjoy and actually love some of the show's great moments.