Euphoria

As the father of a teenage girl, I find this very hard to watch, but essential. I have to have several sessions to get through to the end of each episode. These situations ARE real, but maybe don't all occur at the same place and in the same period of time, as they have been put together here for dramatic effect.

Other reviews here are written from the point-of-view of "is it entertaining". I'm writing this with the view of it as docufiction, and I don't apologise for giving 10/10 as such, not as entertainment.

I'm gonna try to keep it brief.

in the beginning, it seemed like the show was dark just for the sake of being dark.

everything seemed clichéd, and there was a vast degree of exaggerated negativity.

mix that with a slow beginning, and you've turned off most of your potential viewers.

however, during the fourth episode, i began to witness the story take a definite direction. it seemed to me that the relationships among the characters increased in complexity.

i would agree that this show isn't for everyone, but please give time for the story to develop before plaguing it with the 1-star reviews.

for me, Jules' backstory in the beginning of episode 4, along with the perfect music accompanying it, is the reason for my high rating. i don't think i've ever been moved this much by a tv show.

First things first, cinematography is beautiful. Actors did really good job and overall it makes a decent show. But I don't understand if it's trying to spread awareness or trying to encourage young people to do this type of behaviour. I also saw one review that said how this show is showing "the truth" about teens today and I personally think they are wrong. In my opinion this show is overly dramatised (I understand that it's a tv show, it's suppost to be dramatic). I'm currently in my late teenage years and I haven't seen anyone going through what these people are going through in this show. But I would still recommend it to people.

I honestly wasn't sure that I would stick with this show; and I'm still unsure, BUT I'm happy that I've given it time. I like Rue, but she's terrifying. I've known Rue's, and it's a story that needs telling. It's a warning shot that may or may not be recognized as such. It's a difficult show to watch because your watching teenagers self destruct, and honey, it's graphic. There is a lot of trauma. It's like Brett Easton Ellis's Rules of Attraction meets Harmony Korine and a little Larry Clark (ick on the last one).

Why have I stuck with it? I got invested in the characters. I feel like I have to see Rue's story out. I don't see it as being glamorized as much as the audience is more desensitized than they probably should be, this day in age.

Warning. This show is loaded with triggers. Pay attention to the content warnings. It is harsh and it is graphic. It's teenagers making every imaginable bad decision that could easily end with them dying a terrible death. If this were real life, they would probably be dead. If your impressionable be honest with yourself.

No half decent parent would let their teenager watch this.

I'll make this review short: excellent acting, excellent directing, excellent visuals.

The only thing that is really bad is that it's soooo out of reality. They created a fake world of teenagers being always on the edge, too much drugs, too much sex. 17 year old students played by much older actors it just creates an unrealistic image of life and i hope no actual teens taking notes from it.