'Disclaimer' revenge thriller series on Apple TV

Trailer.

From the trailer...

[quote]a 7-part [bold]event[/bold]

Cuarón seems confident. He's also said he was thinking about re-editing it into a movie, so it could qualify for the film awards as well. This better live up to the hype.

Looks interesting.

When do it come out?

Agreed, the lighting is gorgeous (and not constantly so underlit that you have to squint to see what's happening). Hope the story is its equal!

r4 First two episodes out October 11, weekly releases after that.

It looks fun but so can tell already that 7 episodes will be 3 too long as is always the case in TV adaptations of domestic crime potboilers.

It’s not The Thornbirds or Shogun.

Episodes 3 and 4 -- Leila George is gorgeous. And she's Vincent D'onfrio's daughter. Reminds me of Peggy Lipton.

What's the early verdict on this one? Worth a re-sub to Apple TV Plus?

I'm enjoying it -- good but not compelling or must watch. Not sure if it's worth the $ to re-sub to Apple but I'll probably watch the new season of Silo after this finishes.

Thanks, R10, I'll probably wait until all of the second season of Severance is online next year for a re-sub!

Just caught up with the fourth episode and I'm more with the critics on the lower end of the spectrum, I really don't know why this did so well at the film festivals. It's all a bit flaccid, there's just not much meat on the story once you get past the cinematography. And some of the writing is really up its own ass. The heavily ADR'd flashback scenes in Italy are a bit of a slog.

I guess it's worth watching for the long takes with the inquisitive kitty who keeps fucking up Blanchett's marks. She has to wrangle that damn cat, keep composure, and then continue with her lines. I'd go crazy if I were an actor. But apparently they introduced that kitty as an agent of chaos on purpose, to make the scenes come across more hectic in order to mirror Catherine's unravelling.

I also enjoy Indira Varma's pleasant narration – even though its overall effect is probably a net negative as it more often than not just spells out what's on the screen already – and Lesley Manville's acting, which I didn't think much of prior to this. Sacha Baron Cohen is pretty decent in this as well, have never seen him in a dramatic role before. Klein is Klein, he's okay.

Why don’t you just subscribe for a single week and binge it?

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Just finished the fifth episode, it's all getting quite dark and nasty now. I find the Kline character lowkey revolting at this point and I think I'm slowly getting what Cuarón is exploring with this show – at what point does revenge go overboard and become more deplorable than the original act itself?

More spontaneous kitty acting!

I can't stand any of the characters but Catherine, thus far, is the least offensive. Both Catherine's husband and Kevin K's character are simply awful. I'm rooting for the Russian Blue cat.

There is some very odd dialogue involving Gay Icon Kylie Minogue in the 3rd episode..lots of "what would you like to do to Kylie?" etc. It cracked us up watching it.