The Perfect Mother

This was tedious to watch. It's only four episodes long... and that's five episodes too many. By the end of the fourth episode I was fast-forrwarding to shorten the torture. The acting by the two female leads is so flat and lifeless that it might be the real crime in this series. Mother Hélène's face rarely moves much, and she spends a lot of time speaking in breathless, whispered tones. The viewer suspects that Hélène may in fact suffer from Resting B Face all the time, not just when her daughter stands accused of murder. And what police force would tolerate her messing about in an investigation like this? It feels totally unrealistic and frankly I wish they'd put her in jail too. (How do you say "entitled Karen" in French?) As for daughter Anya, she evokes no sympathy even at the outset. She made bad choices, and bad things happened to her. But that alone isn't enough to make her character or predicament intriguing to the viewer. Other characters in this slow-paced melodrama the just felt irrelevant and pointless through the entire story. Does it really matter in every episode if Lukas gets to finish his exams on time? Were various hospital scenes exploring the complications from little Farida's face transplant surgery necessary? Tangents anyone?? There were some twists and turns in here--and the ending certainly turns the tables on Anya. But by the time you get to the end, you just don't care anymore. You just want it finished.

Albeit a little slow paced this series is well paced and with the watch , the lawyer is excellent and all characters are well defined even the father who shines as a kind of loser which is not easy to cast...good narrative and script with interesting twists .. maybe not quite dark enough and a lack of interest can come up as the story line does come through as not very original ...the movie deserves a better rating because in the genre there is suspense and it is enjoyable to watch ..in fact it lacks a little plausible aspects which ruins to some extent the interest . I do recommend the watch as you will spend some good time watching it.

This story is a very interesting idea, unfortunately there are several issues. To begin with, none of the characters are likable. At the beginning you may have some sympathy for the mother but as the story progresses you start to lose it. The end is very very very disappointing and makes you wonder what was the purpose of this series. Usually you finish a show wishing the characters get the best outcome, but this time I wish they'd had it worse (except for the lawyer). The more I watched the less I liked them. I wouldn't mind hating the characters if at least they've got what they deserve, but they don't. There are some plot twists, which is good, but you could predict them along the way. It should also have been shorter than 4 episodes, the last one was too slow and got boring some times.

No pun intended - no one is perfect of course. Also I am no one (or was it nobody?). Kidding aside, the show does not warrant too many jokes - it actually is quite serious. And it is quite twisty to say the least. I reckon some of the twists will be sort of predictable .. or at least you will be able to guess which direction this will go. So there are some repetitive things going around and maybe you are suspicious of certain things ... whatever the case, I do like thrillers and the show does a decent job of keeping us occupied and engaged ... even if we are not entirely sure who to root for. It probably could have done being shorter (an episode or something along those lines) ... but it still is a nice thing to watch ... especially if you are into this kind of genre. Acting is fine and the language change from time to time is not really something that should bother you either.