La dama del lago

Review posted after watching episode 4.

Hard to understand the low reviews some people are posting - ignore them. I'm finding this to be an engaging and interesting story. I've been a fan of Natalie Portman since Leon: The Professional. Her performance here is one of her most nuanced and complete characters. The entire cast is really good, especially Moses Ingram and Y'lan Noel, who I haven't seen before, and Wood Harris who seems to be everywhere recently.

Still a long way to go in the series, but I'm enjoying Lady in The Lake and think it's worth a watch. Give it a couple of episodes, however, before forming an opinion. It started coming together for me during episode 2. I certainly feel that even after 4 episodes one cannot honestly make a final assessment of the show. However, I really want to see more of this story.

As with other Apple TV shows the production values are top notch. I am old enough to remember the 1960's and the depiction of the era jibes with my memories.s

I have not read the book the series is based on, so I cannot comment about how it follows the book.

Beautifully shot, well acted but ultimately dull. Far too long to get to the point. I've given up after episode two.

This should have been an hour and a half long made for television film not a short series. I really dislike when programme makers drag a story out just to make it so many episodes long. They turn a good story well acted into something that turns viewers off because of the length of time it takes to tell that original good story.

Please programme makers just make a good film! Is it because they have to pay Natalie Portman a fortune to have a name on the cast and need to get their moneys worth? I don't know but I'm bored so 5 stars and I won't be watching any more.

I've watched like everything, and I mean everything, available streaming lately. This is so well done! I don't understand why people have an issue with it or can't see how well done it is. It's situations like this where I don't ever know whether I can actually believe reviews. Perhaps the intelligent writing a nuance are too much for simpler minds. Definitely add this to your watch list. Natalie Portman is amazing as are Moses Ingram and Mikey Madison (haven't seen her since the AMAZING "Better Things as Pamela Adelon's eldest daughter - her acting is so well done I had no idea for the first couple of episodes it was even her).

The whole cast is amazing and this is seriously one of the best shows I've seen recently. I can't believe that people are saying it's a "snoozer" or not well done. The only thing I'm mad about is that I stumbled upon it before all the episodes were out because I can't deal with not being able to see all of it at once!

Natalie Portman could have used the coustumes from "Mrs. Mazel" just as easily followed by the old Baltimore sets from "The Wire"--and it would have looked just as good.

I've added an extra star for Slappy, the comedian, due to his Richard Pryor/ Redd Foxx stand-up routines. The rest of the club entertainment was below par.

The whole show was heavy with cliché-after-cliché; the cops on the take, the Jewish jeweler and slumlord, the drugged-up star performer, the evilclub owner...

Maybe this all looked good on paper and sounded like a solid series until somebody added in a committee with final input, thenthe story deviated into a bad dream.

The characters are strong, deep and the acting is superb. The story is good, as is the adaptation to the format. The main characters are not necessarily to be liked, but rather understood.

I'm only through the fourth episode and would binge the rest if they were available, but now I'll wait for the rest each week. The parallel storylines melt together and double the intrigue. I truly do not understand why anyone could hate on this series. I'm really enjoying it.

Too early to say for sure, but I suspect a couple of additional episodes might have helped. Some of the backstories could have used more development and depth. Overall, I'm glad that we gave it a watch and recommend it.