The Watcher

9/10
Superb
I am glad I WATCHED this
as I am absolutely fascinated with the real life case. Yes the family had their name changed for this show and they never actually moved into the house.
So all the rest of the show apart from the
letters was a full on dramatisation.
I was cool with that because what we got was one Hella of an unsolved mystery based on a true event that is such a creepy scary situation that it carried the who show no matter how much was changed are added.
The acting was strong the mystery is frickin awesome and the show as a hole was superb and in the near future I will Definitely be
"WATCHING"
it again.

VERDICT: LOVED IT

Pretty good show. During the first episode I thought it was going to go down the haunted house/demonic crap, but it isn't. I would also have bolted the basement door from the outside after the first incident, but that's just me. I'd also have punched the nosey neighbours on the nose for coming onto my property and threatening me... I'm not a violent individual, but that's what I'd have done.

Very creepy neighbours. Perhaps not such an idilic place after all? 🤔

Unsettling but in a good suspenseful way. Liked this! Wish the ending was better though for that poor family.

A 7 episode whodunit drama comedy mystery thriller. It'll make you question the motives of every character similar to a game of Clue. The mystery is quite engaging and makes the series very bingeable.

The characters are intriguing and they all get their time to shine. My personal favorite is Theodora (Noma Dumezweni) great actress and I love her voice and way of speaking. I would of wanted way more of her i'm a sucker for amateur sleuth characters and she was a great one. I love Naomi Watts but I don't think they gave her enough of a challenge with this character. The performance was just really safe for such a great actress. Although I admit she has great chemistry with Bobby Cannavale and they portray a great couple. Also it's funny that Naomi's always drinking something in every scene.

I had some problems with the plot such as why install cameras all over the property if you're never checking them. They never once checked them, what the hell? There's lots of plot holes but I think it's worth checking out overall.


[spoiler] The mystery remaining unsolved by the end kinda elevates it in a way because everyone will have a different answer as to who it was and it's open to discussion. They don't spoon feed it to you but the clues along the way give a pretty good indication. [/spoiler]

I enjoyed it. It's not spectacular and has a bit of the 'american horror story' atmosphere, but lighter. There is a good cast there, but their talents weren't fully utilized.

As an adult survivor of the trauma of living in the suburbs, I particularly delight in watching series and movies in which clueless characters move into a suburban neighborhood with high hopes for happiness, only to encounter instead a haunted house, a sketchy history, nightmare neighbors, or in the case of Netflix's The Watcher, all of the above. Rich assholes Nora and Dean are rather dull, (played by Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale, aided by co-stars Naomi's glasses and Bobby's eyebrows) but it's the performances of the supporting cast where the real magic happens on the smaller screen. Jennifer Coolidge as a ruthless realtor is especially sinister, and neighbor Mia Farrow is delightfully creepy; ten bucks says that your hair will surely stand on end when she screeches, "NOT very neighborly!" Noma Dumezweni as an amateur sleuth is by far one of the most captivating players in this ensemble, and her driving gloves and UK accent will make you shiver with antici...pation . I keep wanting to quit Netflix, but a series like this makes a real "dumbwaiter " out of me. Watch the show, and you'll get it.

A good physiatrics thriller that has the viewer's though process all over; is it a ghost, is it this person or this person, could it be something else???? However, just when you thought the mystery is going to get solved there is another turn of events and it all seems to get unraveled again with not much progress. Yes, a bit disappointing ending, but hopefully this is no the end. But, regardless of that and some poor acting, this was certainly a edge of your seat series with great plot twists and character development and genre development, as sometimes it seems like a thriller and sometimes you might think its going to be a slasher.

It's a very good series, but [spoiler]we don't know who the Watcher is at the end of the series and it's too bad[/spoiler] everything else is very good, the mystery and suspense elements are well integrated. the neighbors are so annoying.

Ok.. Let me make this a short one: this show is decent, has potential and a twist. But it's annoyingly over-dramatized. It quickly becomes old and thank god it's only 7 episodes.