Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

ZacBloom It is a horrendous show, badly written, badly acted, and with no cohesion. The writing is particularly bad making most scenes implausible or ridiculous. It is not the supernatural aspect that is implausible, but the characters, what they say, how they say, and how the story develops. It takes a while for the show to actually develop more of an overarching story that is not limited to the single episodes. Throughout the stereotypical and ignorant portrayal of science and mediums are repeated. I have no idea why they decided to have a psychologist as main character when the writers clearly do not anything about psychology and religion. This muddle continues right through the series. The acting is atrocious. Most of the actors simply yell and shout to be dramatic. The writing does not help them. They all sound hysterical at best. Andrew Lincoln is the only one who is spared. It seems the writer thinks women in particular are hysterical and over the top. The setting, for its worth, is OK.

lorriebeauchamp This show pulled me in with great acting and the credibility of the relationship which develops and deepens between the two main characters. I'm tough on shows, and feel that most of them don't deserve more than two seasons (a series should not just "go on forever", although that's what happens with too many of them - they get milked for more advertising revenue, the stars want more money, and the story line is stretched thin or extended, when really it was just one great story that should have only lasted one or two seasons to begin with). This one, I think, deserves a third season, if only to follow the ongoing challenges of Alison Mundy (Lesley Sharp) after the demise of her antagonist. The show carries two story levels really well - each episode covers a "ghost" story and background, while we continue the flow of Alison's personal life, made difficult by her psychic gift of being able to see and communicate with people who have "passed over" from life to a form of purgatory. As a highly-intellectual sceptic, Robert Bridge (Andrew Lincoln) is a wonderful foil for her drama, and a brilliant way to showcase the eternal battle between science and esoteric mysticism. Lesley Sharp can go from calm and angelic to screaming and hysterical within seconds; her acting is award-worthy in my humble opinion. I thought she very accurately portrayed someone who has been doubted, bullied, scorned and made fun of her entire life. Would have loved to have found out more about the wedding ring she's shown wearing when she has her tragic train accident! There's never any mention of an engagement or a husband in her life. I highly recommend this show for those of us who want to believe in ghosts, but can't quite wrap our heads around it.

ennor I saw the first series way back when, and found it amazing. I have only just revisited series 1 on DVD, and it was then that the true value of this show truly hit home.Lesley Sharp!!! Everything she does is excellent, but in this series, as reluctant medium Alison Mundy, she is truly breathtaking. Her clear blue eyes mesmerize, and her pain is palpable. There are a large number of unsung English actors, and she is one of them. Well supported by Andrew Lincoln (of "Teachers" and "Love Actually") this is Sharp's show. I could not take my eyes from her whenever she was on screen. And comparing this show with Ghost Whisperer is like comparing lobster with chicken nuggets.The story lines are gripping, engaging and even believable. Andrew Lincoln's character is drawn into the world of the medium with reluctance and skepticism. I liked both characters, but often was disappointed with them also. But I was never, ever bored, not even for a minute.Some British TV is very good - some is awful, I'm sure - but "Afterlife" is so outstanding it takes your breath away.

MitchellXL5 Given Lesley Sharp's involvement, I had hoped for something as special as "Bob and Rose" or "The Second Coming," where the story-telling wasn't reliant on some obvious clichés. While Sharpe's performance adds uncountable dimensions onto her character, not much else in the show does - it's the most "American style" UK show I have seen in ages.The set-up isn't very original - skeptical rationalist doubts that the medium is real, but his skepticism isn't drawn from his intellect and desire for actual proof, but from his own personal tragedies that taint his logic. In fact logic and rationality are presented as believing Sharp's character at face value - the dead do walk - and if you don't, it's just a shame that you are so blinded by your emotions. It's an unsettling turnabout in logic and it doesn't help that the skeptic is portrayed as an intellectually bullying, emotionally needling, selfish prat. The decks are stacked, conflict wise, and you already know where the series is going.I also take issue with the fact that these spirits torture Sharpe's character, demanding that she pass on messages and, yet, show quite clearly that they have the ability to take matters into their own hands - they can affect reality quite easily and often get what they want - which nullifies the entire point of the series. If the spirits are so adept at doing this, why are they bothering with using this woman to get their message across when it is so inefficient - hardly anyone believes her and she ends up having to take two steps backward for each step forward - when the spirits handle their own problems, it is much more efficient.A waste of the enormously talented Lesley Sharpe, to be sure.