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Cannes Confidential (2023)
Disappointing - waste of potential
The show had potential but suffers from a serious problem with the writing and acting. The dialog is wooden and doesn't ring true. The female lead detective isn't likeable or interesting. Rather than being irascible but somewhat charming she is just unpleasant. She is not a credible actor - or at least not in English. Often I could not understand her - shows like Death in Paradise have successfully integrated French speaking actors into the series by making sure they are understandable to an English speaking audience. Her female associate simply mumbles and is faced with trying to deliver cliche ridden lines. It is fortunate that we can't hear her most of the time.
I have only suffered through episode 1 - I am not sure that I can face Episode 2. The production values are excellent and of course the scenery is wonderful. It must have been expensive to film there. Too bad they didn't spend some of that money on writers and a decent co-star to match Jamie Bamber.
Holding (2022)
Dull and weird
What an idea- set a mystery in Ireland where the characters are all weird, selfish dipsomaniacs. Well other than the somewhat likeable lead copper who at the end of Episode 1 blithely watches an attempted murder/assault while stuffing his mouth with a loaf of bread like some demented chipmunk. With this sort of PR (and the Banshees movie) the Irish tourist bureau should be looking at a defamation lawsuit. For us its "one and done". It was painful enough to struggle through one episode. Why these inane cliches are deemed to be funny or even remotely creative is beyond me. If this nonsense was presented about a racial group it would have been banned.
Beyond Paradise (2023)
Beyond Awful we are done
I get that they wanted a DIP meets Doc Martin but the writing is pathetic and the characters unlikable. Plots are non existent in this Soapy supposed crime mystery. The pacing is slow and the characters and "crimes " are unbelievable. The station staff are simply annoying and incompetent and not remotely amusing. Martha is dimwitted and self centered. The Chris Marshall character is an idiot savant who must have OD-ed on ganja on Saint Marie. He seems to have few brain cells left. The blame for this train wreck goes to the creators and definitely the writer(s) who should be fired. When the best actor in show is a duck you know that you have a problem.