Ängelby

Although I am not too keen on series-films dealing with supernatural phenomena, I like Scandinavian Noir, plus I got to know that the supernatural does not dominate here. So I decided to let it go... Well, the start was rather slow and arid and I recognised a few familiar actors only, but then it was some "kick" and I became curious what had and would really happen. To me, the episodes in the middle were the most interesting, with some twists and teasing endings in each episode, but the final ones became too slow, and the very ending was not gratifying either. There were also scenes where the references to the past and actual events remained vague, i.e. a kind of over- sophistication took place.

As for the characters and performances, the leading ones did not impress me much (I was surprised to read later that Mia Skäringer is so famous in Sweden), but Michaela Thorsén as Viveka Wallström made me often giggle.

Thus, Ängelby is not a conceptual creation, but if you like Swedish lifestyle and way of thinking, and some mysticism in a "plain" crime, then you spend good 9 hours of your life in front of TV. Most similar U.S. series are worse anyway...

I don't understand the purpose of making such bad series . When making it you had to realize it's bad???

Unusual topic, interesting location, imperfect characters, doesn't follow the usual, predictable Hollywood playbook. Worth a look.

Like Haven it's a new girl in a country town apparently by chance but occultly predestined to be there and supernatural forces are thought to be at work. There's less of the concretely reified majic than Haven shows and less episodic storylines but it would seem to be derivative, not helped by the fact that Mia Skaringer looks like an older Emily Rose. But it's watchable and entertaining if you can binge-watch it. It's probably more for "Nordic Noir" fans than those of standard mystery series.

Everything is stupid with "Ängelby". The story is stupid. The lines are stupid. The acting is exasperatingly bad with the exceptions of "Göran Ragnerstam", who is great, and Amanda Ooms, who puts in a somewhat acceptable performance.

Mia Skäringer is pretty much going for a tone deaf interpretation of a stone in every scene. Maybe as some kind of a relation to another stone being a part in the fable? If not, the reality is that she's no real actor at all. I like her much better in comedies. She bores the audience and doesn't convince you in any way. Why did the director do this to her? Can she really be this bad? How is that even possible? Any woman you find on any bus would do a better job. Stick to comedies, Mia!

The plot is worse than an old fifties UFO film. With a rich Scandinavian heritage with true nature magic what Ängelby suggests is a falsification of what all that can stand for. That culturally appropriative story-line concerning Egypt is both far-fetched, tasteless and pretty racist. Disgusting!

Most of all, the series is a total waste of time and an insult to people with working brains. I watched every episode for some reason. It only gets worse. If I could give it a "0" I would. Watch it at your own peril.