Sauvetage en Mer de Timor

Could have been better. The actors were good, but the story wasn't interesting enough for more than a couple of episodes. The characters were all pretty irritating. At the end I really didn't care who cut the rope!! I give this a 4.

This mini series is a beautifully made reminder of human power of forgiveness and developing self-consistency. It delivers a very important message: focus on what you have and not on the past and what you've lost. Moving on isn't easy after traumatic incidents like the ones depicted in this series, but once you face the facts and settle things up in your head you'll be able to move forward. Grudge only deepens your hurt feelings and makes daily life harder.

What bothered me as an Arabic native speaker is the actors speaking Arabic in this show, they kinda strive hard to speak the language; I wish they had only spoken English since many scenes in Arabic sounded a bit inauthentic, especially when it's very obvious that each one speaks different accent despite being one family that all of its members came from the same place, Iraq.

7.0/10

Great premise, great cast, and very well done. Moves at glacial speed. The "lesson" could be imparted in about 2 episodes. I really don't care if two people had an affair, if the teenage couple texted back and forth, etc. These vignettes just make the series longer and actually detract from the "lesson" the film seeks to impart.

The best thing about this dud of an Australian mini series is the acting. But how the actors got through this ridiculous script is a mystery. Implausible from start to finish - what boat is unable to send a distress call these days? Mind numbingly politically correct and yet lacking any sympathetic characters or authenticity this 'thriller' fails to thrill on any level.

I enjoyed the backdrop to this show, and the fact that I hadn't seen anything with this kind of storyline previously. However, it was difficult to really get invested in the show as the characters, particularly the Australia's, were entirely dislikable.