"Il miracolo" will remind you of Sorrentino's marvellous series "The young pope" for its themes, while neither for the craftmanship nor for the poetry. Unfortunately the inspired idea of exploring the misterious ways in which a miracle might manifest itself, gets lost in a lot of "technical weaknesses" which is far from ideal.
The screenplay, the acting, and the overall believability of most storylines are filled with problems. And I'm not talking about the non-realism of the main miracolous happenings: those OFC need to be accepted beforehand and are managed more than fine. The hurdles actually lie in what the characters say, what they do, how they think. In particular, from a "procedural" POV, how the prime minister family, his entourage or the police behave.
5-10 clever scenes (in 8, 45mins episodes) don't prevent a general feeling of a very b-movieish production. Which in some way prejudicially impede the viewer from entering a deeper perspective (surely meant to be by the authors) where events represent a puzzle through which the divine reveals itself. When you can't suspend the disbelief, it's close to impossible to abandon yourself into such a state.
Finally, in a certain sense, the best storylines result those that are less explored and it's a little slow too (couldn't avoid watching it at 1,5x).
Nice music (the opening has one of the most beautiful pop songs ever written: "Il mondo" by Jimmy Fontana) and ok photography. Not a great show, but a solid 6 for a mistery-drama (which means you'll probably like it, if you like the genre).
The screenplay, the acting, and the overall believability of most storylines are filled with problems. And I'm not talking about the non-realism of the main miracolous happenings: those OFC need to be accepted beforehand and are managed more than fine. The hurdles actually lie in what the characters say, what they do, how they think. In particular, from a "procedural" POV, how the prime minister family, his entourage or the police behave.
5-10 clever scenes (in 8, 45mins episodes) don't prevent a general feeling of a very b-movieish production. Which in some way prejudicially impede the viewer from entering a deeper perspective (surely meant to be by the authors) where events represent a puzzle through which the divine reveals itself. When you can't suspend the disbelief, it's close to impossible to abandon yourself into such a state.
Finally, in a certain sense, the best storylines result those that are less explored and it's a little slow too (couldn't avoid watching it at 1,5x).
Nice music (the opening has one of the most beautiful pop songs ever written: "Il mondo" by Jimmy Fontana) and ok photography. Not a great show, but a solid 6 for a mistery-drama (which means you'll probably like it, if you like the genre).