Spoiler alert: i felt like it was really slow moving with a lot of dragged out scenes. Basically SVU could have done the same story in an episode. It was interesting but still unanswered questions (what exactly happened to Sarah? Infants dont die of a maternal postpartum infection)
this show was amazing and yet it left me angry. This happens in real life and to think that somewhere a women was kidnapped and foreced in captibity not only breaks my heart but makes me so angry with the world. This world is so sick and these despicable kidnappers don't ever get justice for the pain they have caused or are still causing.
Did you actually pay attention to the series? They literally explained she looked like his mother who just disappeared one day. His whole thing was creating the perfect family, as psychotic as that sounds. I do agree that finding out who the kidnapper was was very underwhelming, and they should have made the kidnapper one of the characters we were keeping up with so that it would be more of a plot twist, more interesting. For example, I thought it was the grandpa because his reaction to being asked if he saw Hannah before was very weird.
I haven’t had a show be so captivating like this in a while now. I felt like there were some questions left unanswered that I wish they would’ve wrapped up.
I loved this miniseries. Loved it. I don’t know how I stumbled upon it but am grateful I did. Casting, writing, and superb acting made every episode essential, every episode memorable. When Kim Riedle (“Lena”) cleverly lures Christian Beermann (“Lars”) to his death, it made for some mighty satisfying revenge. Mighty satisfying. I know life isn’t fair and this exemplary drama echoes that truth but the real tragedy here was Jonathan. That kid was awesome and he deserved a future as bright and wonderful as any child ever born.
If I’d read what it was about before watching it I doubt I would have. Great acting and writing etc. I guess. Loved it, apart from the last episode which I thought wrapped up too quickly. I’d liked to have known more about the original Lena, how she died.
@@francessimmonds5784I was confused about the man they found disfigured. Now I remember who he was. I had been convinced the grandfather was somehow involved since she said she saw him before. Thanks
@@peggyohler5801I think it was implied that the grandfather abused his daughter and was the father of her child. That’s why she ran away. And it explains why the son was looking exactly like his father and was so f*cked up. Incest. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
Great show and build up to a ..lame and uneventful ending. Captivating is a good word so I expected the ending to be more climactic. Would've been better if it was the detective or the psychiatrist as a surprise ending
One of my favorite sequences in the show was after the mine scene when they police still haven’t found the boy and the lea woman police says something about her worry about the boy not being a victim of a another mine, and the very next shot is over head shot of Hannah wearing oversized crocks and the nurse walking into the group home. My heart skipped a beat. It was so simple but masterful, it made me wonder how far in advance that was planned or if it was one of those, “it happened in the editing room” things.
I loved it and listened to the audiobook afterwards. There are some points different in the book. Much of it is the same but espacially why Papa kidnapped Lena and held this family captive has a better reason in the book I think.
The serial killer was a man who owned a security company. He fell in love with the original Lena when he came to unlock her door for her. There's no big plot twist or anything haha, it ended up being a guy that was only introduced at the end
I just finished watching and thought I'd look for reviews. Fantastic acting and story plausible enough to be disturbing. I thought the ending was perfect.
I loved it. However I haven't watched any Netflix in months and very glad that it was short because I had that drawn on and on and on all it lost interest. But yes when it gets to the ending. As much as I hate the thought of anybody being mean to women or children I loved every stab she stabbed into his neck.
They didn’t develop lars as a character at all it felt. They introduced him at the last minute so I didn’t get to know him. Made it less satisfying for me
@@Nich_B23 I feel like we find out all we need to know. His teenage Mum left him with his grandparents, he was always in the shadow of his grandfather, never got over his mother leaving, had a secret crush on his client's daughter and a very sick and disgusting mind.
Good 🎥 , those 1st few episodes had me on the edge of my seat!! However the last episode was rushed as if they were running out of film time. But at the end, glad my important questions were answered
Loved it! Glad I watched it :) definitely a bit convoluted (imo) and I had a little issue with the ending that I won’t say here but the ride there made it very much worth the watch. Between this and Silo are my biggest surprises of the year so far. Maybe One Piece too.
Thanks for the recommendation! I feel like netflix is full of korean, teen, or just plain badly written shows recently. I just finished it last night and it was a well written show with a great story. I'd give it a 7.5, worth the watch 👍
Story -9?? Thats a bit too much. They didn't even show the obvious question. WHY? Why the man did what he did and why the children are complying to that man. Are the children related to the man... No answers.. Very disappointed. May be i missed something. Somebody can reply to the comment.
He did it because his parents abandoned him as a child. And all he had was a picture of them as a family when he was a baby. N his mom was a spitting image of the original lena. He was trying to recreate the family he never had.
The children listened to him because the little girl was manipulating him. Playing his game. She led him to the lighthouse and gave her ‘mom’ the glass shard, leading to jasmine getting her revenge on the beach.
@@Nich_B23 I didn't see it that way. The girl was happy with her life before they ran away and was collaborating with the Dad to bring her "Lena" back. There are many hints that she isn't neurotypical, for example when she thinks every photo of a man including Tom Cruise is her Dad and her robot like narrating of facts. I do wonder what exactly happened at the beach - first we saw her sleeping in the car and only Jasmin and Lars walking into the dunes, then she's suddenly there in the water next to Jasmin.
I´ve read the book last year and since I did Romy Hausmann is one of my favorite authors. She is very talented and so likeable at the same time. One thing I absolutely deteste about the show tho, is that they made Jasmin straight. In the book she is bisexual and in a relationship with a women, so the rape scenes are even more cruel to go through as the reader. It just hits so hard and is extremely effective. I don´t know why they changed that in the show. Kinda disappointed about it. Great video and review, keep up the good work :)
This silly, redundant themed series, albeit some decent atmospheric cinematography, ( although boring and redundant as the series moved along),,basically sucked!! Why would you say the execution was fascinating, when indeed it was nothing special…. You may have been hooked, but me and mine certainly weren’t! how anyone could deduce this series was that something unique is beyond me! not to mention a confusing, all over the map writing and anticlimactic ending that made no given the build up. That said, the acting for the most part was excellent…..but that’s about it.
It sucked for me as well, most of it made no sense. Why was the father behaving like that, how could the kid have drawn her grandfather so accurately, why did the cop pretend not to recognize the head of security then call him by his name, why was he keeping the female cop in the dark when he was following Jasmin in the truck, how did the perp get into the hospital and Jasmin’s house, how did the grandfather not give a hoot about Jonathan ⁉️
@@babygee.02.01the original lena was the one who did the drawings on the bunk, they even show her in a flashback in college sketching in class to show she’s an artist
@@babygee.02.01the perp was the head of a huge security firm, that’s why he could get into people’s houses and cameras. The grandfather saw Hannah first and because she looked exactly like her daughter, he was so fixated on her. I think he might have thought that the boy would look like the rapist and murderer of his daughter, that’s why he didn’t want to see him
It sucked‼️most of it made no sense. Why was the father behaving like that, how could the kid have drawn her grandfather so accurately, why did the cop pretend not to recognize the head of security then call him by his name, why was he keeping the female cop in the dark when he was following Jasmin in the truck, how did the perp get into the hospital and Jasmin’s house, how did the grandfather not give a hoot about Jonathan ⁉️
too bad you didnt understand it. The father terribly missed his daughter Lina. The real Lina was an artist (they show her drawing in college/uni) so SHE drew the scene under the bed for Hannah. At one point the therapist says Kids can have false vivid imagination to cope. Gerd followed the van and said I dont have time to explain (it was also his original case for 13 years), the perp got in the house at the request of the father to change the locks (he must have been there at the right time to offer his services) Mr. Grass gave the new keys to Jasmin (the perp then installed cameras in the new apartment). Maybe the grandad felt more connected to Hannah because she looked so much like Lina, his daughter.
with all due respect, i feel like this review is too overated i watch dark before and it was top tier but this aint it and idk why it has high rating… bro u gotta be paid for this 😂 and the funny thing is i went with high expectations watching this series cause of u but end up in dissapointment lmao
You can’t say with all due respect and then claim I got paid because that’s disrespectful and frankly pretty ignorant. Maybe think next time before you type nonsense.
@@AustinBurke Whoa, easy dude. Clearly satire… at least that’s how I read it before you suspiciously over reacted. You have a RUclips channel making videos of the thing you’re offended by… opinions
You people are naracissitc.. First say stupid things and go just joking man bruhhh.. Seriously you guys need some therapy.. If you don't like his review, just get lost.. But don't have to say mean things.. Get a life..
What is the BEST Netflix show of the year so far?
Would this one come close?
Even though it got canceled, 1899 has been my favorite series on Netflix this year.
The rain, Wednesday, Black Mirror, The Witcher, Dead to Me, You.
Fatal Seduction. Dear Child a close 2nd
@@DerekRabanaloh no, I had no idea that one was canceled!😭
I liked it but I liked dear child more!
Firefly Lane...Good Girls....Ozark... Quick Sand...Regards from Ireland 🇮🇪 💚
I also love original voice, but made an exception with this one. My daughter dubbed Hannah in English, proud momma here. Tx for your review Austin!
That’s awesome!
@@joeheiman9014 Thanks Joe!!
wow, you should be so proud of her. I'm just about to start watching it dubbed. well done in advance little one 👏🏼
German in the US and i absolutely loved this show. I am more and more impressed what i get to see from germany on netflix
I was wondering whether to see this; just added this to my queue! thanks for the review!
After Lena why did so many women die ... I HAVE TO KNOW
Spoiler alert: i felt like it was really slow moving with a lot of dragged out scenes. Basically SVU could have done the same story in an episode. It was interesting but still unanswered questions (what exactly happened to Sarah? Infants dont die of a maternal postpartum infection)
this show was amazing and yet it left me angry. This happens in real life and to think that somewhere a women was kidnapped and foreced in captibity not only breaks my heart but makes me so angry with the world. This world is so sick and these despicable kidnappers don't ever get justice for the pain they have caused or are still causing.
It was amazing g ❤
I had to come here, because this movie is throwing me off.. I am ready to stop watching it
Never thought I could hate a character as much as I did Lena’s dad
Would YOU recommend it?
@@asifsoni8240yes I would say give it a look
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Jasmin’s dad was way worse 😂 straight left her by her own lmao
Why do you hate him? He was just a grieving/traumatized father.
How come your portrayal in your thumbnails never remotely looks like your true self ??! 🤔
Please review JAWAN starring Shah Rukh Khan🎉
Its so stupid 😂😂😂 I wasted my time watching. Why was the original Lena so special to the kidnapper⁉️
Because, she looked like the mother of the Kidnapper
Did you actually pay attention to the series? They literally explained she looked like his mother who just disappeared one day. His whole thing was creating the perfect family, as psychotic as that sounds. I do agree that finding out who the kidnapper was was very underwhelming, and they should have made the kidnapper one of the characters we were keeping up with so that it would be more of a plot twist, more interesting. For example, I thought it was the grandpa because his reaction to being asked if he saw Hannah before was very weird.
I haven’t had a show be so captivating like this in a while now. I felt like there were some questions left unanswered that I wish they would’ve wrapped up.
Wasn’t planning on watching. But because of my respect for you, it is now at the top of my list!
🥹🫡
I loved it. Kept my attention all the way through. Acting is very good. Want more like this from Netflix.
Huge fan of DARK so I'm totally watching this over weekend
Thanks Austin for reviewing non English language series as well and as someone who loved Dark, this may be right up my alley.
I loved this miniseries. Loved it. I don’t know how I stumbled upon it but am grateful I did. Casting, writing, and superb acting made every episode essential, every episode memorable. When Kim Riedle (“Lena”) cleverly lures Christian Beermann (“Lars”) to his death, it made for some mighty satisfying revenge. Mighty satisfying. I know life isn’t fair and this exemplary drama echoes that truth but the real tragedy here was Jonathan. That kid was awesome and he deserved a future as bright and wonderful as any child ever born.
it was repetitive it dragged onnn the ending was anti climatic and the questions i had were either unanswered or dissapointed me
If I’d read what it was about before watching it I doubt I would have. Great acting and writing etc. I guess. Loved it, apart from the last episode which I thought wrapped up too quickly. I’d liked to have known more about the original Lena, how she died.
@@peggyohler5801 I thought there was no second man.
@@francessimmonds5784I was confused about the man they found disfigured. Now I remember who he was. I had been convinced the grandfather was somehow involved since she said she saw him before. Thanks
"Original Lena” died in child birth. It does explain it, but it’s pretty subtle.
She died from fever after childbirth. Hannah mentions it. The baby also died and was shown in the grave next to Hannah
@@peggyohler5801I think it was implied that the grandfather abused his daughter and was the father of her child. That’s why she ran away. And it explains why the son was looking exactly like his father and was so f*cked up. Incest. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
Great show and build up to a ..lame and uneventful ending. Captivating is a good word so I expected the ending to be more climactic. Would've been better if it was the detective or the psychiatrist as a surprise ending
One of my favorite sequences in the show was after the mine scene when they police still haven’t found the boy and the lea woman police says something about her worry about the boy not being a victim of a another mine, and the very next shot is over head shot of Hannah wearing oversized crocks and the nurse walking into the group home. My heart skipped a beat. It was so simple but masterful, it made me wonder how far in advance that was planned or if it was one of those, “it happened in the editing room” things.
I have no idea what you just described.
@silentj624 It's a really quick sequence.
I loved it and listened to the audiobook afterwards. There are some points different in the book. Much of it is the same but espacially why Papa kidnapped Lena and held this family captive has a better reason in the book I think.
austin says watch it then you must watch it!
Is this based on Josef Fritzl case? Just started it, reminded me of case
I watched it but i dont understand the end 🤔😂
The serial killer was a man who owned a security company. He fell in love with the original Lena when he came to unlock her door for her. There's no big plot twist or anything haha, it ended up being a guy that was only introduced at the end
Could you perhaps describe this show as a Kinder Surprise?
I just finished watching and thought I'd look for reviews. Fantastic acting and story plausible enough to be disturbing. I thought the ending was perfect.
Binged on this last night and loved it
I love a good limited series. Definitely will give this one a go.
I'm very interested in this.... 😏
It’s definitely worth it!
loved this series! it was amazing
I loved it. However I haven't watched any Netflix in months and very glad that it was short because I had that drawn on and on and on all it lost interest. But yes when it gets to the ending. As much as I hate the thought of anybody being mean to women or children I loved every stab she stabbed into his neck.
They didn’t develop lars as a character at all it felt. They introduced him at the last minute so I didn’t get to know him. Made it less satisfying for me
@@Nich_B23 I feel like we find out all we need to know. His teenage Mum left him with his grandparents, he was always in the shadow of his grandfather, never got over his mother leaving, had a secret crush on his client's daughter and a very sick and disgusting mind.
It's German and good 🥳😂
What a disaster of a show. Horrible! You mean to tell me the lady could have told the cops she was being watched?
And now I got to read the book. I enjoyed the show. Got to see the differences
Only the music made it mysterious
... And Lenas mother is Claudia from "dark" 😊
Yesssss
2 episodes in & I’m like wtf is going on.
I tried dubbing for about 30 seconds. I cant do it. Its too jarring.
You said a lot but nothing at all. Bad review!
i tried the dubbed version did not work as the little girl voice sounded a lot older so i went back original with subs
Good 🎥 , those 1st few episodes had me on the edge of my seat!! However the last episode was rushed as if they were running out of film time. But at the end, glad my important questions were answered
It was so surprising. I will always recommend it.
Which part was surprising?
😁
Soooo a modern day Ted Bundy with kids? Got it
Is this based on Joseph Fritzl
Not really
Loved the limited series
Loved it! Glad I watched it :) definitely a bit convoluted (imo) and I had a little issue with the ending that I won’t say here but the ride there made it very much worth the watch. Between this and Silo are my biggest surprises of the year so far. Maybe One Piece too.
Jawan review?👀
Thanks for the recommendation! I feel like netflix is full of korean, teen, or just plain badly written shows recently. I just finished it last night and it was a well written show with a great story. I'd give it a 7.5, worth the watch 👍
2 Nun 2 Furious
Papa !!!!
Story -9?? Thats a bit too much. They didn't even show the obvious question. WHY? Why the man did what he did and why the children are complying to that man. Are the children related to the man... No answers.. Very disappointed. May be i missed something. Somebody can reply to the comment.
He did it because his parents abandoned him as a child. And all he had was a picture of them as a family when he was a baby. N his mom was a spitting image of the original lena. He was trying to recreate the family he never had.
The children listened to him because the little girl was manipulating him. Playing his game. She led him to the lighthouse and gave her ‘mom’ the glass shard, leading to jasmine getting her revenge on the beach.
@@Nich_B23 I didn't see it that way. The girl was happy with her life before they ran away and was collaborating with the Dad to bring her "Lena" back. There are many hints that she isn't neurotypical, for example when she thinks every photo of a man including Tom Cruise is her Dad and her robot like narrating of facts. I do wonder what exactly happened at the beach - first we saw her sleeping in the car and only Jasmin and Lars walking into the dunes, then she's suddenly there in the water next to Jasmin.
Are you seeing the nun 2 ? I know I am
A want to watch it in English but cant seem to get it dubbed
Hi Tracey that's odd, in settings you don't see the options?
I started skipping over the last three episodes and didn't finish new it was about to go off the rails and get stupid and it did
So how does the original Lena die?
And what happened to baby nr3, Sarah? Was it Lena's or one of her replacements?
It is clear, i just finished it. Original Lena dies while giving birth and also the child.
I want to know that too. I thought the last episode was good but too rushed, left too many unanswered questions. Still a great series though.
@@francessimmonds5784og Lena dies due to an infection after giving birth, the baby dies too. What else is unclear to you? I might help lol
@@francessimmonds5784what tho? I thought everything got concluded
I still don’t get it!
But who was the boys father?
Lars, the man who kidnapped Lena and Jasmin and several others.
Jawan and Jailer review?
I´ve read the book last year and since I did Romy Hausmann is one of my favorite authors. She is very talented and so likeable at the same time.
One thing I absolutely deteste about the show tho, is that they made Jasmin straight. In the book she is bisexual and in a relationship with a women, so the rape scenes are even more cruel to go through as the reader. It just hits so hard and is extremely effective.
I don´t know why they changed that in the show. Kinda disappointed about it.
Great video and review, keep up the good work :)
Woke mob alphabet mafia alert!! 🚨 👮♀️ 🚨
(Oops, don’t want to burst your safe-space bubble they/them!)
@@DogeDavidLoredan I prefer being woke (if u wanna call it like that) over simply being stupid
I think they changed it so that it was more believable that she wants to go back to him, so that the viewer would get hit by the plot twist later
@@fehyndana7725 Yeah that seems reasonable
I don't think the rape scenes would be less cruel for a straight woman, why would they be?
This silly, redundant themed series, albeit some decent atmospheric cinematography, ( although boring and redundant as the series moved along),,basically sucked!! Why would you say the execution was fascinating, when indeed it was nothing special…. You may have been hooked, but me and mine certainly weren’t! how anyone could deduce this series was that something unique is beyond me! not to mention a confusing, all over the map writing and anticlimactic ending that made no given the build up. That said, the acting for the most part was excellent…..but that’s about it.
It sucked for me as well, most of it made no sense. Why was the father behaving like that, how could the kid have drawn her grandfather so accurately, why did the cop pretend not to recognize the head of security then call him by his name, why was he keeping the female cop in the dark when he was following Jasmin in the truck, how did the perp get into the hospital and Jasmin’s house, how did the grandfather not give a hoot about Jonathan ⁉️
@@babygee.02.01the original lena was the one who did the drawings on the bunk, they even show her in a flashback in college sketching in class to show she’s an artist
@@babygee.02.01the grandfather not giving af about johnathan made me so sad for him tho 😭
@@babygee.02.01the perp was the head of a huge security firm, that’s why he could get into people’s houses and cameras.
The grandfather saw Hannah first and because she looked exactly like her daughter, he was so fixated on her. I think he might have thought that the boy would look like the rapist and murderer of his daughter, that’s why he didn’t want to see him
Terrible voice overs, overrated review.
Huh? I said don’t watch the dubbed version genius
aww too bad. I think the Eng. voice of Hannah was pretty good.
Watch the original then.
@@AustinBurke as opposed to what ?Captions? Can't save Clunky acting.Laughable for the wrong reasons.Genuis
@@Nissa55574 I'm enjoying the dubbed
Slow and Boring.😂😂😂 .
That’s what she said
It sucked‼️most of it made no sense. Why was the father behaving like that, how could the kid have drawn her grandfather so accurately, why did the cop pretend not to recognize the head of security then call him by his name, why was he keeping the female cop in the dark when he was following Jasmin in the truck, how did the perp get into the hospital and Jasmin’s house, how did the grandfather not give a hoot about Jonathan ⁉️
Lena made the drawing of her dad, not Hannah.
too bad you didnt understand it. The father terribly missed his daughter Lina. The real Lina was an artist (they show her drawing in college/uni) so SHE drew the scene under the bed for Hannah. At one point the therapist says Kids can have false vivid imagination to cope. Gerd followed the van and said I dont have time to explain (it was also his original case for 13 years), the perp got in the house at the request of the father to change the locks (he must have been there at the right time to offer his services) Mr. Grass gave the new keys to Jasmin (the perp then installed cameras in the new apartment). Maybe the grandad felt more connected to Hannah because she looked so much like Lina, his daughter.
Sexual abuse, I just can’t watch as an entertainment after I need to relax after a hard days work
A miss from me
with all due respect, i feel like this review is too overated i watch dark before and it was top tier but this aint it and idk why it has high rating… bro u gotta be paid for this 😂 and the funny thing is i went with high expectations watching this series cause of u but end up in dissapointment lmao
You can’t say with all due respect and then claim I got paid because that’s disrespectful and frankly pretty ignorant. Maybe think next time before you type nonsense.
@@AustinBurkeit was a joke lol, unless 👀
but either way the actor did amazing
@@AustinBurke Whoa, easy dude. Clearly satire… at least that’s how I read it before you suspiciously over reacted. You have a RUclips channel making videos of the thing you’re offended by… opinions
You people are naracissitc.. First say stupid things and go just joking man bruhhh.. Seriously you guys need some therapy.. If you don't like his review, just get lost.. But don't have to say mean things.. Get a life..