The Four Seasons

I wasn't sure what to expect with this series but I was pleasantly surprised with the show. I did not realize until after I watched it that it was a remake of the 1981 movie of the same name.

Each character was developed in such a way to make me relate to each of their personalities.

The storylines were enjoyable; lighthearted/funny at times, heartfelt at times, sad at times, and frustrating at times (for how much all marriages are the same 🤣).

The acting was good. The couples were paired up the right way. When I first went to watch this, I thought the pairing would be the normal Steve Carell Tina Fey pairing, but it was better that it was not them together.

This is definitely a good show to binge and now I will be watching the 1981 movie to compare!

It's a show about three couples of a certain age navigating life, love, and everything in between. It focuses on their relationships with their partners, but just as much on their friendships with each other. Not a family by blood, but a family by choice-by friendship.

It's a fun and funny show. Nothing too deep, just something to enjoy. At least, that's what I thought at first. But it still got me thinking.

When you hit the lower end of your 30s, you imagine that life after a certain age will be dull, settled, over somehow. But this show reminds us that life keeps its complexity. You'll still hesitate to speak your truth. You'll still crave change, or comfort. There's still drama, still sex, still parties. Life doesn't stop. It just shifts. It's pretty much the same as now, maybe with more money, and hopefully, more wisdom.

It's a show about living your life, maybe in the same patient, familiar way you always have, even if that comes with its own problems. Or maybe it's about changing everything, blowing it all up and starting fresh-and that also has its problems. There's no simple way to do it. No perfect path. But the show embraces that messiness.

Tina, Steve, and Coleman are carrying the show. Their acting is light-hearted, funny, sometimes dramatic, but always feels realistic and deeply human.

Like I said, it's a fun show. I laughed out loud. More than once. And when I get older, I want to be like Danny. Maybe he's not even a great role model, but he's fun, sarcastic (he has some fantastic lines!), and he has a great fashion sense.

If you're looking for something to binge-this might just be your show.

I did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did. The acting was perfect and the writing was outstanding. Some of the script was so funny and well written I had to rewind to appreciate it all over again. I won't ruin the story so no spoilers here. There is one part where a character is looking at a beautiful moon and then tries to take a picture with their phone and the picture is awful. Not part of the story at all but it just made me laugh as haven't we all done that? I can't recommend more though I'm not sure if a younger audience would appreciate it as much. I went from laughing, cringing to crying and laughing again all in a matter of minutes. As soon as it started it felt like a film not a series and I think that's why I enjoyed it so much. I really hope they do a series 2.

I don't really understand a lot of the comments on here, both the ones in favour and against. I enjoyed the show for the most part. It's got an interesting mix of characters, and there's tension because one of the characters decides to leave their wife, which causes mayhem for the group of friends, comprised of three couples. It's not laugh out loud funny but there are plenty of amusing moments, mixed with mostly easy to digest drama. Where it really goes astray however is in the end of the second-last episode and the final episode, when the story takes a twist which just makes the whole show a downer. And totally takes the shine off of it. It wasn't necessary to go this direction at all. Given that the whole series tracks the original film pretty closely, I don't see why they needed to make this particular deviation which took the fun out of the whole thing.

I remember watching the original Alan Alda/Carol Burnett movie when I was younger, finding it amusing. Years later watching this remake, having gone through a divorce myself and realizing how friendship and family dynamics change during and after, I find this comedy to be on point! The storyline is not outlandish, the jokes land well, and the actors really do pull off what appears to be a decades long friendship with occasional speed bumps and misunderstandings.

Do not go looking for high art or deeper meaning. Watching this simply reminded me of my life, my friends, and how we've all changed over the years for better or worse, yet still remain friends.