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So I watched a French movie (with French audio and English subs to try and keep it authentic as much as possible since I do not speak the language) for the first time, ever. And I am left stunned by it. The acting is top-notch and on point always. Since I have gotten to experience kinda similar treatment in hospitals (MS patient living in a "third world" country) the emotions were relayed rather easily. I also really liked the underlying karma story at the end. All in all, a roller coaster of emotions and I do hope souls that have passed on are indeed watching over us (got a few myself). A must watch in my book and I thank the CNN article that I glanced over this morning mentioning it. Totally worth the time spent watching it. One of those unexpected and hard to find rare gems.

After having seen the first couple of episodes I had high hopes for this show. I mean, you have it all here - great cast, great plays and a great writer to top it all off. Yes but no, in fact. What seemed like a build-up for a great ending only got to disappoint. I guess you could say that all of Stephen King's movie adaptations are either a hit or a miss (plenty of examples that I won't bore to name now). And this falls to the latter type. The screenwriters started making what seemed like a tasty cake at the beginning, then proceeded to add the topping in the middle slowly little by little only to take a huge dump on it right at the end. If we think of the 10-star rating system where the 6 is a median, I am giving this ending episode a 5, while a solid 7 for the whole show. Might just be me, then again it might not. Oh, well. Won't be losing any sleep over this.