Full Circle is a mess. I finished the first episode, thinking I'd skip the rest. But my Hub convinced me to sit through each and every episode, assuring me, "It has to get better." Wrong.
I'm not sure of the material's origin. (Read: It was so bad, I don't care.) It seems as if the script was passed around a dozen tweens who each added a page before passing it around the circle. So many plot holes. So much mundane dialogue. It seems to have been (mercifully) shortened from a much longer (read: even more boring) story.
O. K., so the script is terrible. But what's left had me (briefly) wondering whether the direction, acting or casting were also at fault. I can only conclude this: Unless this was chopped to death in editing against the director's wishes (unlikely), the direction was poor. The casting and acting? The only two performances that I felt noteworthy were those of Aida (as Natalia) and Sheyi Cole (as Xavier). The rest of the acting talent was wasted or just poorly executed.
I don't usually spend any time writing negative reviews. But I wasted several hours watching this and thought it would be kind to make a small effort to warn others before they do the same.
I'm not sure of the material's origin. (Read: It was so bad, I don't care.) It seems as if the script was passed around a dozen tweens who each added a page before passing it around the circle. So many plot holes. So much mundane dialogue. It seems to have been (mercifully) shortened from a much longer (read: even more boring) story.
O. K., so the script is terrible. But what's left had me (briefly) wondering whether the direction, acting or casting were also at fault. I can only conclude this: Unless this was chopped to death in editing against the director's wishes (unlikely), the direction was poor. The casting and acting? The only two performances that I felt noteworthy were those of Aida (as Natalia) and Sheyi Cole (as Xavier). The rest of the acting talent was wasted or just poorly executed.
I don't usually spend any time writing negative reviews. But I wasted several hours watching this and thought it would be kind to make a small effort to warn others before they do the same.