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You do not want to miss this phenomenal movie. All the acting is extremely good. Watching the boy who played Hamnet I felt I was watching Olivier at the age of 8-10 or so. My wife read the book, I had not, and she missed seeing it with me because of a bad health week., but she encouraged me to see it. Beautifully done, it focused very well on the center of the story, the relationship of Shakespeare and his wife Agnes, and their children. Jessie Buckley is a fantastic actress, and here she outdid herself - I'd call it an Ingrid Bergman type performance. At heart it's very emotional and sad, and I was weeping at the end. But the finale scene pulled everything together for me - no spoilers to tell!

Damn good show. Excellent crime/mystery/detection. Set in New Zealand, it does a great job of featuring the Maori culture, of which are many of the main characters. Excellent actors doing a fine job. Very gripping. After season one you can get into season two and be glad to do so. Fine direction and cinematography. Not your usual scenery, very beautiful.

It is a masterpiece for director Edward Berger, who made "Conclave." And a very big win for Colin Farrell. Farrell deserves a best actor nomination - but who knows whoever will "win." It reminds me of Joseph Conrad - a character in a self-constructed existential crisis with everything on the line. The theme is gambling, but the meaning is about selfhood and moral choices, contrary to "luck." Very exciting cinematography and wonderful music. Farrell is phenomenal and carries the movie on his shoulders, but assisted by Tilda Swinton and others. Do not miss this one!