Ladies of the Lake

This is some of the worst acting I've ever seen. I could not even stomach more than 15 minutes of this ridiculous series. Don't bother with this one! By the way, IMDb! Stop requiring people to type five lines of text for a review. You are asking me to type more than the series even deserves for a review. One word really sums it up. HORRID!

I wasn't going to bother with a review BUT the fact that there's only one other negative review for this total piece of crap is annoying.

I mean this has HORRIBLE acting.

Want to observe awful writing? Here it is.

Directing. WAS there even?

The sound is oddly amateurish.

Low, low, LOW production values.

This is PURE crap. So if you are curious . . . about crap, dive right in and immerse yourself. It doesn't get much purer than this.

From Michael Caruso, writer/producer of Emmy nominated web-series DeVanity and Witherthorne, comes another decadent and sumptuous mini-series to thrill fans of the prime-time soap genre.

Based on the hit book of the same name by daytime soap producer Ken Corday (Days of Our Lives) Ladies of the Lake Michael Caruso has created another hit for the decades.

Ladies of the Lake tells the story of the rich and powerful women of Avalon, a gated community on the West Coast, as they show their strength of will over the men in their life. Over four episodes we get to know the 'Ladies' as their stories intertwine and secrets are revealed.

Once again Caruso brings together a plethora of daytime soap stars from everyone's favourite sudsy serials (including Martha Madison, Lily Melgar, Marie Wilson, Arianne Zucker, Patrika Darbo, Kyle Lowder, Gordon Thomson, Wally Kurth and Ian Buchanan) and utilises them to their potential that writers of daytime often fail to do.

As with all of Michael's work the cinematography and direction (Rodolphe Portier and Sonia Blandigaro) is up there with the most lavish prime-time series (for a fraction of the budget).

A big shout out must also go out for Jillian Clare who is truly captivating as Cassidy Montgomery.

Here's looking forward to seeing more of the Ladies in the future.

The set and setting don't match the storyline. This is supposed to be set in "the most exclusive development in Southern California" yet it's shot in a "normal" size home with a small pool. The makeup is atrocious, the lighting harsh, title credits were high schoolish....but I could have gotten past all of that if the acting was any good. These are seasoned actors. At least most of them are. The dialogue was so forced and choppy I seriously wondered if they were all handed the script an hour before shooting. Ari Zucker was the only performance worth watching.

Firstly, it has this irritating background music all through it. Secondly, the acting is absolutely terrible. Thirdly, thankfully, they only made 4 episodes at 25 minutes each! Fourthly, how did this get a 2018 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama???? Do not be drawn in by the Emmy this is Daytime Drama at its worst!