Mal de Família

The acting is convincing. Especially Claes Bang, from Denmark, playing the controlling bully.

The story has some red herrings to keep us guessing. There is enough action and humour to carry along what could have been very dark.

I'm not sure I understand ANY other rating than 10/10 for this spectacular comedy/thriller/drama. I hate waiting a week til the next episode. LOVE every cast member. Love the writing, the plot line, the acting, the scenery. Besides Severence, Bad Sisters just blows everything I've seen this year out of the water. I'm a huge Sharon Horgan fan - it's hard to say if this is her best work, but if not it's certainly close to it. At the end of every single episode I'm amazed at the cliffhanger ending. Not sure how they do it for EVERY episode, but they do! If you're not watching this show now...hurry up and start watching! It will NOT disappoint. LOVE this show!

Review - Bad Sisters Streaming on Apple TV plus My Rating 9/10

The last episode of this Irish ten part mystery black comedy thriller series was so worth waiting for no spoilers in my review .

Based on the Flemish series Clan this version was filmed in Ireland and developed by Sharon Horgan,Dave Finkel and Brett Baer .

The sisters are Eva Garvey played by Sharon Horgan, Becka Garvey played by Eve Hewson. Grace Williams played by Anne-Marie Duff ,Bibi Garvey played by Sarah Greene and Ursula Flynn played by Ursula Flynn.

The plot is simple and original how do these four protective sisters save sister Grace from her stifling controlling sorry no other word suffices arse hole of a husband John Paul played to poisonous perfection by Danish actor Claes Bang?

Various plots to eliminate John Paul are discussed as we find out in episode 1 that their nemeses is in fact dead but we don't know how he died or who killed him till episode ten.

The series main focus is how John Paul who detests the closeness of his wife Grace's sisters tries every effort to isolate Grace from their protective care and influence. He proceeds to cause hurt and havoc in each of these strong women's lives .

I cant think of a better example or justification at the moment to eliminate a toxic male like John Paul other than perhaps Vladimir Putin .

There are 2 other fine male actors that add to this entertaining series besides Claes Bang as John Paul Williams . Brian Gleeson as Insurance Investigator Thomas Claffin and Daryl McCormack as his adopted brother Matthew both are terrific and play very amusing characters. Those who have recently seen Daryl McCormack as Leo Grande opposite Emma Thomson in the excellent movie Good Luck to You, Leo Grande will be impressed I'm sure with his very different character role as Matthew Claffin in Bad Sisters .

I'm sure we will see more of this handsome actor ,although you couldn't see much more of him after Leo Grande where he spends most of the film naked in bed with Emma Thomson I rated that movie an 8/10 in my review.

Director Rebecca Gatward and her team of Josephine Bornebusch and Dearbhla Walsh have created a cohesive and entertaining series .

It's long at 10 episodes but I will watch it again now that all episodes are available as you tend to forget little plot twists waiting for another weekly instalment.

It's a very funny script considering the subject matter as mentioned it's been adapted to an Irish setting by Brett Baer and Dave Finkel from the original Flemish series Clan.

I watched the first episode and was a little hesitant to keep watching but gave it a shot anyway. By the second and third episode I was hooked...mostly by my own desire to murder JP myself. Out of all of the shows and movies I've seen in my life I don't think I've ever seen such a well written character as JP. The vile, evil things this character says just blows my mind and I really have to applaud 👏 the writers of this show. Claes Bang (JP) is amazing in this role and delivers each of his cutting, stinging, hurtful lines perfectly with the facial expressions to match. I would have given this show a 9.5 or 10 except the first episode didn't really hook me. So just stick with it a little.

This is a great show!!! Heard about this in the NY Times and I've seen several series that Sharon Horgan was in and loved them all and this is no exception! It's got pieces of everything; comedy, drama, mystery, little dating/romance. Really enjoy the way this story is being told. I'm hooked. Highly recommended series.

Reminds me a bit of Big Little Lies or whatever that HBO series was but a lot more fun to watch and more relatable characters. Gotta check this out.

It will be interesting to see if this is a one series thing given the plot. The actors are great so I'm going they can do another season.