gridoon2024 Review of Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant (2005)

A good series, though a little padded and with no real ending

[7/10 · 14 September 2016]

"Point Pleasant" might at first seem to be "just" a teenage-oriented soap opera with supernatural elements, but in its course it also poses some thought-provoking philosophical questions: can you battle evil without becoming evil? Can evil feel compassion? Is everything predestined or can we shape out future? Is faith a matter of reality or a matter of will? Though it feels lightweight at first (Point Pleasant, the town, really is pleasant) and padded in the middle (it could stand to lose a couple of episodes), things get pretty dark in the final (and best - closely followed by the flashback-laden "The Last Dance") episode. Speaking of the final episode....it's not really final. The creators were obviously setting things up for a second season that never came, so the big story is left unfinished. It's like going to a football game only to have it cancelled (forever) right after the first goal! So I cannot recommend this series without reservations. But overall the good points outweigh the weaknesses. And one of the best points is the acting, especially by Elisabeth Harnois, who manages to portray the duality of Christina's nature, and Grant Show, as the kind of villain you love to hate. *** out of 4.