The Outsider (2020)
6/10
Drags, drags, drags. Put me out of my misery.
11 February 2020
I've watched 6 episodes so far, and I have to bail on this show. It uses non-stop ominous sound effects and dramatic angles to hide the fact it's halting and withholding plot points to drag the story over 10 episodes. So little happens each episode. I understand the writers and directors are accomplished, but this story suffers from what a lot of streaming shows suffer from: a story that could be told in 3 hours instead of 10. Excellent cast can't redeem it. Also, the story wastes too much time on hardboiled cop show cliches (strip club action, yawn). Cynthia Erivo is amazing. If they cut out all the other parts and focused on her, well, I might go for that.
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