Elven - La Rivière des Secrets

Well acted and with fabulous scenery, this series was spoiled by a plot that unravelled and other inconsistencies that began to mount up. The dialogue was also rather bland. I didn't bother with the final episode.

Sometimes there's minor things in TV shows you can ignore. But I'm on Ep 4 of this pretty poor drama and can't forget one of the most hopeless scenes I've ever seen on TV from episode 1. One of the key pieces of the plot is the girl that goes missing... she went missing from the same room that her mother and grandmother was in. . they heard the door go, looked in the room then gave up and called the police. It's almost comical. If they looked out the window they'd see her. The lead cop actor is OK but the rest are terrible. Especially the Army woman that has achieved a high rank without even being able to lift a rifle properly. Also the child's mother.. she comes home from prostituting herself, is abusive to her Mother.. then loses the child without looking for her properly.. then suggests it's all everyone else's fault. Who writes this stuff

I can't understand louise_mari anger about this miniseries. Never before have seen anything about the northern lands of Norway. Also is not Bron/Broen, or Wallemberg, Millenium, etc. So sailor99, aka George from Denmark, a 10/10 is way out of the mark. Better direction and some trimming of dialogues would help, but over all, good watch for a winter night.

I don't feel quite as strongly as louise_mari about this, but I understand the sentiment, as I was annoyed that I watched it all, too. It IS an incoherent mess with unnecessary sub-plots, poor script/plot, bad acting, and lousy direction. The sountrack and camerawork is laboured, and even the scenery isn't as good as you want it to be. It could have finished at episode six or seven and still made as much sense as it did by the end of episode eight. Don't waste your time.

I really wanted to enjoy this, being a fan of the genre, but no. This is my first review, sadly inspired by how bad this was. There are so many plot holes, unnecessary and irrelevant sub-plots, illogical scenes and generally unrealistic characters that struggled to continue watching even in the final episodes.

Coupled with shaky handheld closeups and terrible acting, you would have expected me rate this a 1, but the gorgeous scenery and my increasing amusement at the ridiculous plot and direction kept me going. And hence my 3 rating.