nur_tucker Review of The Fall

The Fall (I) (2013–2016)

Season 1 maybe, but do not go further, painfully slow, weak plot, Gillian Anderson is annoying

[2/10 · 4 January 2018]

What a shame!! The first season was OK - although annoyingly slow and difficult to understand as Gillian Anderson has a habit of whispering the whole time. But season 2 was worse and Season 3 was really off. If you have not watched it don't invest the money or the time on it. The plot is written very badly. There are so many situations that are very silly and does not make sense. Unanswered questions or very obvious points being missed by a supposedly very clever woman (Gillian Anderson). The whole Belfast Police Department is portrayed as weak and incompetent by the show. Jamie Dornan acts well although, I did not have high expectations of him due to the film he played in (50 shades). But he acts well in his role. But Gillian Anderson was utterly annoying. There was not a scene where I did not get annoyed by her acting. She is trying to portray an icy cold, strong, intelligent and charismatic detective but the way she acts and speaks and also DRESSES is ridiculous. Who dressed her for the show? She is a police officer god's sake but she is under the impression that she is a high profile investment banker or she thinks she belongs to a boardroom. She is constantly in super high heels, figure hugging skirts and silk blouses cleavage of which is always revealing her recent boob job. She tries very hard to look sexy all the time by pouting in 100% of the scenes and whispering for some reason rather than talking with a normal voice. IS there something wrong with her voice cords? or does she think that she sounds sexier and charismatic like this. She puts on a holster on top of a boardroom dress? and high heels all the time. In the film there were so many occasions that the police made stupid mistakes (which even I wouldn't) leading to death and danger to others. I believe the story is full of fillers and extreme slow motion that there was no need to expand this into three seasons. All could be fit into one season and that could have been better. Whoever wrote the story should start watching some of the recent Danish or French crime series and understand how realistic and likeable their characters are.