Really wanted to like this and tried hard but had to give up after 30 minutes.
It felt like the actors were trying hard with a weak plot and poor script and in most cases they were trying too hard. The US characters were ridiculous UK stereotypes of Americans - appearing as dodgy lawyers, over-enthusiastic neighbours or southern-state trailer- trash.
But the premise that annoyed us the most was the fact someone would allow her husband to uproot the entire family from Todmorden to Florida without knowing any details of where they were going to live, what business they were buying, how much of the business they were going to own etc. And then she chastises him when they get to Florida when it becomes apparent that he's an idiot! Very hard to find any empathy with any of the characters.
Wanted desperately to find something to like but it just failed on far too many levels...actually on pretty much every level. For any drama/ comedy to work it has to believable and this just wasn't.
It felt like the actors were trying hard with a weak plot and poor script and in most cases they were trying too hard. The US characters were ridiculous UK stereotypes of Americans - appearing as dodgy lawyers, over-enthusiastic neighbours or southern-state trailer- trash.
But the premise that annoyed us the most was the fact someone would allow her husband to uproot the entire family from Todmorden to Florida without knowing any details of where they were going to live, what business they were buying, how much of the business they were going to own etc. And then she chastises him when they get to Florida when it becomes apparent that he's an idiot! Very hard to find any empathy with any of the characters.
Wanted desperately to find something to like but it just failed on far too many levels...actually on pretty much every level. For any drama/ comedy to work it has to believable and this just wasn't.