Absolutely BRILLIANT acting, writing, and direction!!
584526
Tatiana is mind blowingly amazing!! She and the rest of the cast just keep getting better and better!! This is actually one series that I would like to see have a very long run.
204720
From Season 1 and Beyond this is an AMAZING show. The writing is pure genius. The way they weave the characters and the connections of the characters to EACH OTHER so well, it is just...well genius. Anyone that is looking for gore, and bloody murders, and sex are not going to get that. I was well into Season 2 before I even realized how PG this show is. I was THAT enamored. And normally I love DARK fantasy (WGN's Salem, anyone?) and this is NOT dark. It is just wonderfully written, produced, directed and acted. It's just.... GOOD. I am a newcomer, only having started watching it when they were half way through season 3, and I saw a bit of that, and was instantly hooked. I went back and started from the beginning and have loved each and every second of it. It draws you in, and takes you on the most brilliant of rides. One minute you are in the present, the next in the past, back to the present, then suddenly back to a completely DIFFERENT place in the past, and even finding yourself in with a different character, and all in one episode. You would think following it would be difficult, but it is so well written, and it just all flows so well that you understand it all perfectly. I am a complete and total devotee of the show. If you are looking for something DARK this is not for you. If you are looking for true enchanting fantasy, THIS is your show. And as I said I love the DARK stuff (Again, I love Salem, I love Supernatural....etc.) but this is just so well written, acted and wonderful you can't help yourself. Give it a try, you will NOT be disappointed!
3108589
Great show, great writing, great editing, great cast!
3500309
Delightful! Great casting/acting, plots, and execution.
3559135
"Sons of Anarchy" is one of the best series ever, whether on regular broadcast TV, cable or the premium channels.  We've loved every season and this season was one of the best.  The acting is incredibly good (especially Charlie Hunnaman, the awesome Katy Sagal, and a terrific Ron Perlman), the writing is superb, and the production is top notch!  Really, a "must see"!  And anyone criticizing the choice of Charlie Hunnaman for "Fity Shades of Grey" just has not seen this guy act---not only as handsome as Brad Pitt ever was, but he's one of the best actors on any TV series.  Really, just give it a shot----one episode will have you hooked!
2061192
this has got to be one of the best tv shows i have ever seen.  every episode is awesome, well written, hilarious and subtly intelligent!  the talent that goes into this show, from production to acting level, are brilliant!
1971276
Amazing!!! I can not get over how well written and brilliantly acted this is!!! I have not come across one project David Tennant has done and not found his performance truly amazing. The man is OUTSTANDING as is the rest of the cast. Watch it. Watch it a couple times I promise you'll find something new on the second go that you missed the first. Love!!!
219730
Where do I start? Such an awesome story, with an awesome cast!  Billy Bob Thornton does a fabulous job in the role on Carl Childers (the only performance that comes close is that of Sean Pen in "I am Sam").  The supporting cast was phenomenal - Lucas Black and Dwight Yoakam (awesome!).  I must see! I highly recommend it!
221855
I'd have to say that this is now officially my favorite television show of all time. It's barely nudged out Seinfeld for the top spot on my list. As my headline states "Brilliant Writing, Superb Acting", combine those two and you have a classic comedy. The characters are well defined-yet at the same time all afflicted with a variety of issues, even the "normal" one of the group Michael Bluth [Jason Bateman]. I've actually spoken with people who did not find this series funny. That boggles my mind. The humor here is extremely witty and I believe you must have an IQ of higher than 50 or so to "get it"
4077706
Brilliant acting, superb story line and beautiful setting
793900
Brilliant acting! Richly diverse characters and great storylines with a mix of some strangeness and mystery. Chilling at times and suspenseful. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are literally at their finest in these roles! Season 1 of this series is a "must see!"
223959
This series is one of the best I have ever seen!  The acting is superb.  The characters are smart, complex, and layered with emotion.  The lead character is really, really likeable; not your typical cop with substance abuse issues or no moral compass.  There are no deep, twisty turns in the plot, but the writing is so spectacular, you want to watch every episode just to see how the characters evolve.  LOVED it!
633188
I absolutely loved this movie.  It created such a realistic world and did it with no excuses or failures.  The nostalgia of the scenes, the plot and the acting truly made this movie.  If you have a good audio system, crank it to watch.  There are scenes that just come alive with both visuals and sound (no spoilers... ;)  )

The acting was much more than I'd expected from a teenage group of actors. Obviously thier direction was superb, but few would have pulled off what this group did.

If I had more than two thumbs, they'd all be up.
2314162
One of the BEST shows I have ever watched. No joke. There is something so profound, and deep about this show. The acting is incredible, with a powerful storyline that every human being can relate to - the rat race of the world, our impact - our insecurities/etc. Laura Dern is AMAZING in this, I loved her so much - I binge watched both seasons I feel so empty without it. WATCH THIS SHOW you will not regret it !!!
4796941
Fabulous!!  Great performances.  Brilliant script.  I loved it.
3208496
I just want to add a few thoughts to the mostly glowing reviews here.  Brilliant conception, astoundingly smart and believable writing, and most of all, microscopically brilliant acting.  The reason this series is as great as the very best HBO shows - including Sopranos, the Wire, Deadwood,etc.-- the ones that have broad visual canvasses lacking on the mostly one-room IN TREATMENT--is that you see as much going on visually on the actors' faces as you did in the striking settings (New Jersey lanscapes, bada bing, dusty Western saloons, dark brothel rooms, etc.) of those other shows.

If Gabriel Byrne did not spend a decade in therapy it's hard to understand how he aced the mannerisms and expressions of psychotherapists. Byrne's face was as active just watching his patients talk as it was when he was talking and gesticulating. And oh, what gesticulating. Every single actor who played one of his patients was not just good but jaw-droppingly good. Layers and layers of thought and emotion, often ones contradicting each other at the same split second in time, can be gleaned off their faces. (All you have to do is watch them as closely as Byrne does.)  Embeth Davidtz's arching eyebrows had so much attitude, her body language betrayed so much ache and anger beneath the  words that were drenched in denial.  Josh Charles peeled open his character over the eight weeks like delicate layers of onion. Blair Underwood's physical and attitudinal bluster was so believable that it was genuinely shocking when his confusion and heartbreak came pouring out toward the end.  Michelle George as Laura was a revelation.  Why isn't this woman a big-time movie star? As right for her character, the actress created a slippery sexuality at once seductive and suspicious; yet still, she managed to reveal a vulnerability perched right at the corner of manipulation and authentic pain. You could never make up your mind about her, which is exactly what was required by the story of this unnerving and unnervingly beautiful character. Dianne Weist couldn't have been more credible as a psychoanalyst if she herself had spent a decade in analytic training.  But perhaps most astonishingly of all, Mia Wasikowska as Sophie, the teenage gymnast, created the most indelible of all the patient characters.  Apparently without much prior acting experience, Wasikowska managed to embody all the contradictions of the most complexly written character on the show, and she brought dimensions beyond what was written.  Her voice, her physicality, her minute facial expressions could not have been any more revealing even when her character was doing everything she could to hide her painful truths not only from Paul the therapist but from herself. How she pulled it off is a miracle of genius acting from a relative neophyte.  The fact that she wasn't even nominated for an Emmy is bizarre.  Who are these people doing the nominating?  The NY TIMES did an article some weeks before announcement of the Emmy nominations calling for her nomination.  You'd have to be blind, deaf, and certainly dumb not to have been dumbfounded by her performance.  I guess she gets something of a last laugh; I just read that she was cast by Tim Burton as the lead in his upcoming version of "Alice in Wonderland."  HE was certainly paying attention watching her perform IN TREATMENT.

The direction and everything else was perfect, and the script, transmogrified somewhat from the Israeli version, was as layered and brilliant as the acting that fleshed it all out.  So I am thrilled to have also just read that the series has been renewed.  It is being filmed now, it seems, and will be aired sometime in 2009.  Maybe that's why they delayed the release of the DVD of season one - wanting it out just as the second season begins.

Don't miss this show; it's one for the ages, and I have a sense that it will become the humongous hit it deserves (I guess it was a moderate hit when first aired)when more people see the second season.
2639660
Best, most entertaining, movie I have seen in years.  Such a clever story with such clever editing.  The ensemble cast of actors is superb, each in his/her own way and style.  David O. Russell is a genius director.  I have now watched it seven times.  Each viewing discloses new treats and touches and nuances.  Clever! Clever!  A crying shame that it did not win a single Academy Awards after its eight nominations.  It surely should have received the Oscar for best original screenplay.  Definitely best costuming.  Then I would have gone all the way and awarded it the Oscar for best film, Russell for best director, and Amy Adams for best actress.  Her performance is so layered and textured.  Her best work!  I have never been a fan of Christian Bale.  But on these multiple viewings, he is getting better and better in this role - very understated and brilliantly executed.  Even the soundtrack( a  strategic selection of 70's music) is a joy!  Maybe American audiences just don't remember (or appreciate) the disco era!!!