(ESP-ENG) The Crowded Room - The best you will see this year!
Hello friends, good vibes to all.
I think the title gives away a bit early but the truth is that I have no intention of creating any kind of hype or expectation regarding one of the best series/miniseries I've seen this year being, as usual, a production of the Apple TV+ people. Every time I do a review of these people I always say the same thing: there is no streaming company nowadays that reaches Apple's in terms of quality, it doesn't exist; neither Netflix, nor HBO, Prime Video, none is able to match the high level of their productions. Well, with The Crowded Room I think they broke the mold again by delivering one of the most impressive and best acted psychological thrillers in quite some time.
I confess that yes, I had heard of this story being one of the most challenging and complicated jobs in which Tom Holland had participated, said by himself, and is that the mental and acting preparation involved in interpreting what he had to do in this miniseries was crazy. I really didn't know what to expect, only that Holland would be outstanding and that he would be accompanied by one of the actresses that I also enjoy watching, Amanda Seyfried, who I can already tell you that in this plot performs a jewel of acting as well. It is a story full of intrigue and suspense, I think they go hand in hand because everything that happens is disconcerting, you think everything is going in one line until you realize that it is not, that something is wrong and then comes the unexpected. But well, without further ado, let's talk a little more about this great miniseries.
The first thing to mention is that this story is based on real events, this happened in the eighties, not exactly the way it is presented here but the background of the protagonists is exactly the same. We start with Danny Sullivan (Tom Holland) a guy who was involved in a shooting in the middle of New York City for which he was arrested. In the time before the trial he is investigated and interrogated by a therapist, Rya Goodwin (Amanda Seyfried), who realizes that something is not right with Danny, there is something that does not quite fit him as far as his personality is concerned, he feels that things are going on in his mind. This is why throughout these interrogations or conversations that the two begin to discover things that Danny himself may not be aware of.
In parallel we develop Danny's own story to give us context of how his life has been, his childhood, his family, friends, social relationships, etc., in order that we can understand what is really going on. Little by little everything is becoming more murky and complicated to the point that one as a viewer many times we are a little out of place because we do not understand the why of some things, to what we have no choice but to let the story progress to be clarifying the way. Finally we discover everything but paying the price that our mind literally explodes when all the pieces begin to fall into place.
The only flaw of this series is that it may give you clues, before watching it, about the character in question so I recommend that you go from scratch, that is, read me and do not look for anything else so that the surprise is more genuine and impact you more. As I said before we are facing a psychological and dramatic thriller consisting of 10 chapters where we will see how Danny's mind is unraveling thread by thread, as if we were in a therapy session. But not all the series is that because there are stories to tell, there are characters that are vital for this plot to make sense and while Danny's mind is defragmenting we will get to know them one by one, we will empathize with some, not so much with others, but in the end each and every one has a purpose: to help poor Danny.
It is a complicated story to watch, there are passages that are really uncomfortable and rough but necessary to understand the nature of everything. The miniseries has two sides, the harsh and cruel that has to do much with Danny's life itself and the compassionate and loving that occurs when Rya is present. Both of them are interesting and catching because it makes the intrigue increase, on the one hand because we discover Danny's secrets and his past and on the other hand because each conversation is like opening a pandora's box, you really don't know what to expect and all this without losing the warmth and closeness that represents being in front of Rya, it is like the storm that is around suddenly calms down just by talking to her.
You never lose interest, on the contrary, as the episodes progress the plot hooks you little by little. I feel that the story is very well put together, it's like a big puzzle which step by step makes sense. I don't like to exaggerate in my reviews and although it may seem like that's what I'm doing, in all sincerity I say no, I ended up very surprised and pleased with what I saw, especially with the performances that are everything here. When you mix two good actors, characters that leave their mark and sensitive issues such as sexual abuse, violence in many forms and everything related to mental problems and their respective health, the result has to be outstanding.
Tom Holland's versatility left me crazy, one already knew what a good actor he was under the Spiderman suit but seeing him here with such a complicated and dense character was a sample of the acting material he has, all the facets that you will see of him compete with each other to be the best; not a minute on camera is wasted. And what to talk about Amanda, the last thing I saw of her was The Dropout and there she surprised me, now was the reaffirmation of that surprise, I think she is very close to be the top character of the series, the level of acting, the dialogues, what you learn with her just by listening to her is something very special and that can only be achieved by playing at the height.
I would like to tell you more but I can't, there is so much to talk about and so many characters to mention that to do so would be to fall into unnecessary spoilers. 9.5/10, this miniseries is close to perfection, at least in my point of view. The only thing is that they didn't take much care of the context of the characters at the time of the synopsis and that perhaps 10 chapters are too many, 7 or 8 would have been fine. But this does not detract from how incredibly good it is, the performances are of high quality, it is worth watching, it is a very interesting story, it was controversial at the time which makes it fascinating. Available on AppleTV. Here is the trailer.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!
Que buena reseña amigo, ya tenía ganas de verla porque sale Emmy Rossum y Amanda lo hizo muy bien en The Dropout así que con tu post me dan muchas mas ganas de verla porque desde hace rato tengo ganas de ver un thriller psicológico que rompa mi mente XD
un saludo y sigue compartiendo.
Emmy es la mamá de Danny, la verdad su papel es vital porque influye mucho en lo que llegó a ser el propio Danny en el futuro. Una mujer que sufre mucho en silencio pero con sus cosas cuestionables.
Vela amigo, que está muy top.
Saludos y gracias por la visita!
9.5 es una buena puntuación, no tenía idea de esta serie, sin duda debe valer la pena de ver por todo lo que dices. Las actuaciones excelentes que mencionas suenan bien, eso, más la mezcla de todos los temas que trata sin duda logran llamar mi atención. :) Buen post, saludos
Que al final las puntuaciones son muy subjetivas pero si, la serie creo que vale mucho la pena de ver. Espero que la veas porque estoy seguro que te va a gustar. Las actuaciones son lo mejor, muy bien logradas.
Saludosss!
Es una de las series que tengo pensado ver. Me atrajo el tema del tiroteo y el esquema criminal. La semana pasada vi el trailer y me llamó la atención. Esa dualidad en la serie de lo cruel y lo sutil puede hacer un buen juego. La calificación creo que esta bien para ratificar verla.
Si, está cool. Si bien es verdad las calificaciones son basadas en meros gustos personales creo que lo que hace Holland y Amanda es increíble, además de que la historia es una locura. No leas nada, no veas créditos ni sinopsis, lo mejor acá es dejarse sorprender.
Me faltan dos episodios y aunque los créditos iniciales hay spoiler , me ha gustado la serie. Tarde en verla porque había visto opiniones muy negativas , pero a mi me encantan las historias de asesinos. Este fin de semana me la termino. Amanda Seyfried esta hermosa y Holland excelente.
Una desgracia lo de los spoilers, yo porque no busqué pero el que lo haga ya va a saber todo de la historia. Yo no entiendo la critica, he visto que la han destrozado hasta más no poder pero no se, no veo cual es un argumento valido para ellos. Amanada es de lo mejor de la serie, ver esas sesiones de terapia es como un bálsamo.