This was warm and sweetly human, but it also seemed to be a homeopathic "cure" for a disease called "humour".
A perfect performance from Youssef Kerkour (Sami, the refugee) and a fine performance from Rebekah Staton. But this just wasn't sufficiently funny: one laugh-out-loud moment, courtesy of the German host family, just wasn't enough.
I think the writer/producer should have been braver, stripped off the thin veneer of humour, and revealed the heart of oak: a gentle but affecting drama about the human condition.
A perfect performance from Youssef Kerkour (Sami, the refugee) and a fine performance from Rebekah Staton. But this just wasn't sufficiently funny: one laugh-out-loud moment, courtesy of the German host family, just wasn't enough.
I think the writer/producer should have been braver, stripped off the thin veneer of humour, and revealed the heart of oak: a gentle but affecting drama about the human condition.