The Curse (the US one)

[Petcha]

This review is spot on. It's excruiciating. You just want to reach into the screen and strangle them.

The Curse review – this exquisitely cringe-worthy drama is like nothing else on TV

Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Uncut Gems creator Benny Safdie’s new drama is magnificently awkward. It’s tense, ambitious and utterly unique – viewers will either love or loathe it

www.theguardian.com

But it's also brilliant. Two episodes in. Don't know if I can handle 10.

 

[T & P]

I’m enjoying it but my OH isn’t getting into it. Might end up watching the reminder of the series by myself.

 

[Petcha]

It is utterly charmless. Which is quite interesting. At least with Succession you could sometimes warm to the characters. It's painful.

 

[T & P]

It is utterly charmless. Which is quite interesting. At least with Succession you could sometimes warm to the characters. It's painful.

I’m okay with all the main characters being detestable. I think the pace could be better, and the over long shots and awkward silences are being overdone needlessly.

 

[lazythursday]

Found the first episode so compelling - and for me, the slightly odd pacing was very much part of what made it unsettling, in a good way. I think this is going to provoke extreme reactions in people though, I imagine some will hate it passionately.

Hadn't really been aware of Nathan Fielder before this, so am now devouring Nathan For You.

 

[Petcha]

I think a lot of middle class white people watching it on whatever streaming service it's on will find it a bit close to the bone. It's satire. The scene in 'the structure'

I agree the odd pacing is very much intended to make you move uneasily on your John Lewis sofa.

 

[T & P]

I think a lot of middle class white people watching it on whatever streaming service it's on will find it a bit close to the bone. It's satire. The scene in 'the structure'

I agree the odd pacing is very much intended to make you move uneasily on your John Lewis sofa.

Yeah, some of the touches are sublime. I particularly loved their planet-saving, reflecting mirror-covered pet project houses turning out to cause birds to die after flying straight into them, and Emma Stone’s reaction to the fact

 

[Part 2]

'I didn't know that houses were bad for the earth but these guys are gonna fix the problem '

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[lazythursday]

Genuinely speechless at the ending. Concerned that perhaps I have suffered a brain injury and dreamed that up lying in a coma.

 

[The39thStep]

Just finished this and really hope there's a second series .

 

[PricelessTrifle]

Found the first episode so compelling - and for me, the slightly odd pacing was very much part of what made it unsettling, in a good way. I think this is going to provoke extreme reactions in people though, I imagine some will hate it passionately.

Hadn't really been aware of Nathan Fielder before this, so am now devouring Nathan For You.

'the rehearsal' is quite good as well.