Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

ThiefHott Too much of everything

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

captain_astronaut Plus no more of killers going after friends and family of cops. It's a tired cliche. And when you find out the killer knows about your friends and family, why don't they have 24 hour police protection? And if you're running into a hotel to catch a killer, bring more people. And when you know how the killer subdues their victims, why would you fall for it? And where are your comrades when chasing the perp? They were right behind you. Did they decide that the hero cop could catch the bad guy on their own? It's cliched writing. Do better.SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS . . . . . . . . . The killer reveal? WTF was that? I had my suspicions early on, but figured that was too easy and preposterous for them to go that way. But they did, and the cops acted even more idiotic than before. They stay at headquarters, on the phone, while two plain clothes attempt to enter the house? They're looking for a serial killer, and that didn't send the french version of S.W.A.T. in as backup? The two plain clothes cops are so incompetent at their job, that they get taken out by the crazy person? Which is another thing; the crazy person was in the lives of our hero and his wife for at least 5 years, and not once did this person act weird with them? Then on a dime they become a grinning, wide eyed, nut bag? That's not how insanity works (but it IS how lazy writing works).I was liking the show up until the last few episodes when the stupid just kept piling up.

alabamense The story line is good, but the acting is sometimes too dramatique. Not as good as Spiral, but Canal+ has been doing this type of stuf a lot more than Netflix. One quibble point: in Episode 4 they show up at a rather strange performance of Puccini's Tosca, ostensibly. After a truncated ending to Act II, where the Tosca and Scarpia are dressed in Venice-style Carnival costumes and masks, they take their bows, and then the "opera" proceeds with Tosca singing "Voi lo sapete, o mamma" from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. WTF? You would think that this day in age idiocies would be laughed out of a planning meeting, much less approved and aired.

Bene Cumb This decade, the French have created dozens of good (mini)series noted by those who are fond of UK-Nordic type of thrillers, including me. I had not heard of La Manter before, but a IMDB reference caught my eye with a distinct benchmark - a woman, a mother being a serial killer. The plot, the scenes are intensive, the performances and weather is not-so-French (no joy or sunshine), and the cast is evenly strong but rather unknown to me - I think I had seen only Bouquet and Demolon in other films before. The suspense is maintained almost until the end, and some twists, personal involvements and secrets from the past provide additional value to the series. Well, the final episode was a bit over-sophisticated and I started to foresense some motives and solutions, but nevertheless: La Mante is another success in the French understanding of gloominess and distress - as in real life, crime is never funny or glamurous, and often related to events in the childhood or remote past.

felixvegafournier The performance, perfect. More or less half of the series one could imagine who was the "serial killer" but the end brings something unexpected. I give it a 10.