
Adolescence2018
Apr 1, 2025 · imported from Letterboxd
SPEECHLESS!!! NUMB!!! Technically masterful - Oner episodes without any clever cuts and I wondered how the heck camerawork and everything was flawless. Top notch performances - I had a doubt that with every episode being a oner, performances would slightly falter and might look like a rehearsal-ish performance but my god it turned out to be flawless too. The kid was phenomenal, the dad and everybody were brilliant. It would be unfair if I mention only one performance. Seamless switch from procedural drama writing to gut-punching family drama - This could have ended up being a gimmicky oner but glad that FOCUS was given towards every aspect of it, including writing. It’s like watching 4 stages of their lives. 4th episode seems like the odd one out, but it squeezed me slowly slowly and left me speechless in the end. I just let the haunting song at the end play till the credits finished rolling. Lingering effect to the fullest. MASTERPIECE in every freaking sense!!!!!!