privatechrisnylan

There is no doubt that these women faced unbelievable racism and bigotry. They wanted and did serve their nation with dignity and honour. Then why dishonour them with this unbelievably poor film. At points I simply could jot believe that somebody pitched this story, filmed it, edited and released thinking 'great job'. Inaccurate in so many ways in terms of the military side with sledgehammer messaging around the discrimination of the time that is trite and incredibly poorly written. I don't for a second think that the cast didn't give it their all. You don't rate a film based on the intention to illuminate a terrible time for black soldiers. It's all about the script and the direction and they are both sadly lacking. Hallmark films do serious..it really is awful.

It's not bad and quite enjoyable. The problem here for anyone who has taken the time to watch the massively superior Dopesick is that they have watched Dopesick. This version of events seems quite rushed and doesn't come close to the nuanced performances and detailed storytelling of Dopesick. It's hard to put your finger on the why this fails to be as impactful as Dopesick but it fails big time. After watching Dopesick I did quite a bit of research on the subject matter and found the storytelling to be quite accurate in that production. I feel so sorry for all the people whose lives have been ruined by this travesty and genuinely feel Dopesick does a much better job of telling this unfortunate story.

Probably a few episodes too long and would have benefited from being condensed down to 8 rather than 10 episodes. I feel it was on occasion a little flabby and the episode reduction would have made it a little tauter for me. That said it was still hugely entertaining with some really clever dark comedic writing. I enjoyed the timeline vehicle they used and the subtle way this demonstrated the shorting of the gap between events. There are some strong performances in this but special mention must be made to Claus Bang as JP who is brilliant as the malevolent snide scheming brother in law. So very nearly perfect for me.