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Didn't think I'd like this as much as I did.

But after watching both seasons --- Most enjoyable!

Acting is top notch with the leads like Brolin, Taylor, Poots, Patton always in control of their characters.

Directing, editing, lighting, sets, CGI, etc----work very, very well.

Plot...? ? Trying to define the plot here is about as easy as that famous Monty Python sketch of competitors attempting to summarize Proust in 30 seconds. It is fairly impossible to do.

What I really love about the storyline is the semi-mystical conflation of sci-fi with western ranching, added to the philosophic conundrums of "Where do we come from?" "Who am I" "What am I doing here?" "Why ???" In spite of all the weirdness, it's a very simple exploration of humanity's basic ignorance of existence (coupled of course to the completely mystifying.)

Outer limits meets Yellowstone someone said....yes, there is that. Overtones of soap opera westerns like Dallas and Yellowstone ---- but with that discordant John Carter on Mars strangeness tacked on.

Hard to define from any perspective.

I've always been a sucker for any literature or film dealing with time travel: usually, unfortunately, the plot descends into chaos when trying to render the story rational by making all the loose ends fit.

Outer Range on the other hand, allows the nonsensicality to go unexplained. It allows questions to remain unanswered...or trailing off to other questions.

I imagine people who can't stand the state of not-knowing uncertainty have trouble with this series...but that's not me.

I loved this series. My wife who's an unabashed literalist loved it too.

Probably, as much as anything, she loved it because it's attributes outweigh any weaknesses...good fantasy/surreal show!

Truly hope there will be a S3 !! And, I hope more people catch this series. Definitely better, weirder as the seasons progressed.... S3 could be the icing on the cake.

I loved this film. My wife loved this film. I can't imagine any of my friends not loving it. So nice to find a movie that captures emotion perfectly. So nice to find yet another very skillfully handled piece from a woman director in a milieu far too long the domain male dominated.

Realism and fantasy wonderfully collated by writer/director Jessica Swale in this period---WWII story.

I thought the narrative superb. Loved the subtle twist that so surprises. . . Great touch by Swale.

Acting is top-notch. I've yet to see Gemma Arterton deliver anything less than a stellar performance. She's brilliant in this: delivers just the right quantity of toughness and tenderness. Casting doesn't have any weakness, all roles well assigned. As someone mentioned it is a pleasure to again see Tom Courtenay in a movie. Always thought him as good an actor as can be, and though his role has small screen time here he is eminently convincing.

I don't want to expend more words to this--- just watch the movie.

You will be very glad you did.

An excellent production well worth the time.

I hated this movie.

My one brother loved it.

Usually he and I have fairly similar takes.....so for some unfathomable reason this movie elicits a strong emotional response in viewers.

This movie failed for me on so many levels I really don't know where to start. . .

I found it poorly crafted. Didn't like the plot, script, characters, lighting, especially Phoenix's twisted interpretation of Joker-----Heath Ledger didn't get to see it or he'd be non-stop vomiting in his grave . . . And I generally really respect Phoenix's acting chops. His "dancing" here (supposedly giving physical form to the internalized madness) I thought ridiculously excessive and embarrassing to watch. Truly absurd.

Overall, there was almost nothing I liked about this movie. Storyline, editing, direction, acting------ D-grade at best. Sorry I sat through it......should have walked out but thought it might somehow redeem itself.

It didn't.

I'm afraid that had I edited this film I would have thrown out much of it, rewritten Phoenix's character's devolution to actually capture the shift toward vengeful violence, really made a different movie.

I'm not going to waste my time here anymore commenting more on this cinematic p.o.s . . . . if you want to see how a real movie depicts a descent into madness with tremendous authenticity of acting and inspired direction/ambience watch Robert Egger's 'The Lighthouse': Dafoe and Pattison put on a clinic that raises the bar very high.

'Joker' failed miserably.