Admirable film.

Absolutely the worst movie.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The intro was awkward...So much make up....it's so weird to see Lorelai and Rory with so much make up. It's so unnatural. But after the intro was done, then it became more familiar, just like the earlier series.

Please. Get of you to add another year. 4 more episodes. Something. Please, please please. I understand the clif hanger. And I understand how it ends. Rory is pregnant. Okay. And the only logical option is Logan. But Logan is engaged. So thinking the whole thing through, one can safely conclude that Rory very well will end up in the same situation Lorelai was in. A single mom. Dad in and out of picture. Look at how lorelai turned out, magnificent. So how will Rory be. We can imagine, the same, magnificent and wonderful. So I mean really one could be okay with the ending. But after becoming so dearly attached to all these characters, can one really be happy with that kind of ending to our show? No! We need more. Just a little more. Something. Please!!!!!!!!!

I just started watching Gilmore Girls about 6 months ago - and I binged watched all of that and now I'm onto AYITL. None of this makes any sense to me at all. I hated the ending of Gilmore Girls - why would Rory walk away from Logan? He loved her and that seemed to me like the wrong thing to do. If the intent in the original series was so that Rory could make great things of her life - then boy she failed seeing where this revival picks up. That's not a very good message. I expected to see a very successful Rory and Logan married (they reunited some years after graduation) and for a new path in her career to be opening up.I did love that Lorelei and Luke reunited at the end of the original series, but to what in the revival? They still are not married? I thought the message at the end of the series was that Luke was ready to take that step with her since he wasn't ready before. If she wouldn't stand for him not marrying her once, why is she standing for it now? Doesn't make sense. The things they have Emily doing - way too out of character and unbelievable. And can we talk about Lorelei going into nature? So unbelievable its crazy. And just now, Luke and Lorelei are talking about having babies?? I expected this to happen during the 10 year break. I expected Lorelei and Luke to be married, have one child of their own, and for this to be their new life. Some of the conversations - though the revival was 10 years after the series - seemed like they were only a week after the series ended. Example - when Lorelei was talking Emily quitting therapy. Seems to me this is very poorly written and does not satisfy where I thought the characters would be.

But did the Palladinos really write this? As a hardcore fan who owns every season of GG, I had to watch A Year In The Life until the end, even though I kept saying "This is horrible", "This is horrible", "This is horrible". I just kept reminding myself that there must have been a lot of challenges present in trying to bring GG back to life. While I don't agree with all of the criticisms I've read, what I do have to criticize has already been said so I'll refrain. It is worth watching. If you are a fan you will love spending time with the characters and visiting Stars Hollow again. If you are in the biz you could learn by considering why certain choices were made and what you may have done differently if it was your project. There were some parts that I really liked and the ending did leave me wanting more. Heck, I was wanting more even when I was saying "horrible", "horrible". I guess that means I have faith that it can get better. I especially loved Emily Gilmore's arc - right on!!! I think that A Year In The Life was a good set up for more. The characters and storylines can go in a lot of different directions, be contemporary, while still maintaining the GG charm that we love. Even though Stars Hollow is idyllic and fictitious, I think a lot of people nowadays are craving community and the types of people who live in Stars Hollow - I know I am, which is probably why I'd still like to see more of the show even though this revival wasn't as good as most of us expected it to be.