Why so much hype?

Just perfect...

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Much said already about the lack of research. A little has been mentioned about English and American accents but last night I could not get my head around our Belfast Paddy with the non or poor Belfast accent meeting with the girl who also sported a similar ball shaped necklace ornament. She tells him and us she is from a place called Hillsborough. In a very sexy English accent Hillsborough is 12 miles from Belfast so this major difference is odd. Had she said that she was only born there but lived in stately homes and educated in pubic schools that might have covered it. That she also then gave the Irish version of Cheers "slancha". Not commonly used around the Hillsborough area which is where our Monarchy and senior government stay when in troubled Northern Ireland. How did they ever get permission to place the Prince of Wales as a fictional character in this. While I have no idea how he will be fully involved here this is a bit of conspiracy too far.Back in the very late 1800s there was indeed a Prince of Wales who enjoyed visiting Paris and partook of sexual delights. A special chair was made for him to enjoy multiple partners giving him pleasure. In our story here this young Prince must have been well observed by others in this hedonistic club so complete secrecy is not going to be totally possible.Glossy looking good and expensive but way too much US style and behaviour has been taken on. Last night our main cop throws money the bar as he leaves. I thought he was paying up front when he made the order for the American lawyer to have drink. Now we see he has an Achilles heel as is too often the case for TV or Movie cop back story. Too many examples of Americanisms but for what is meant to be I think a republican type to use the words 'Northern Ireland' to describe the hated name for the six counties or the North Of Ireland just too much.

Written for toddlers, I suspect. Or perhaps by toddlers. Not a single believable character. It opens OK with a decent albeit not original plot, but falls apart quickly when it turns out EVERY character is a one-dimensional caricature. Disappointing to say the least. Too bad, as there are some above par actors and actresses in it.

I believe some people will come back to this show, and ask if they can watch it even though the show got canceled after the first season. I will say you can, because even though season 1 leaves you on a cliffhanger, you've got the answers to the questions that season 1 was all about. Would a second season have been relevant (to the story)? Absolutely. But now that Guilt got canceled anyway, we can as well be honest and say that a second season wouldn't have been necessary as much as it would have been relevant, because as mentioned: We got our answers in the first season, and they were as satisfying as they could get. Only very few and less important questions remained.Now, I gave the show a 10 out of 10, since that is how much I enjoyed it. It was just my taste, and the mystery wasn't dragged out for too long. (10 episodes only.) That being said, Guilt might not be for everyone. It is not your typical True Detective or The Killing. If anything, I would describe it as a more mature version of Pretty Little Liars, but with How to Get Away with Murder vibes. It is not going to blow your mind with sophistication, but it is very enjoyable with great acting from most parts, intense writing that will bring you on the edge of your seat a lot of times, and the music/scores are great and fitting for the scenes.I can only recommend you to start watching the first episode. If it's not your style at all, there's probably not a good chance you will like the rest of the season. However, if you find the first episode enjoyable but are not sure if you want to continue or not, you might want to watch till episode 4 to catch a better image of what the show is like. At least no matter what, I don't think you should let the cancellation ruin the experience for you, as this one season gives you the answers to the most important questions in the show, and it is a hell of a lot of fun.

I'm on episode three of this series and so far it's really keeping my interest. Every week I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next. Also it's still a mystery to me who the real killer is which is good - so many shows and movies make it too easy to guess the ending. Obviously this show is based on the famous Amanda Knox trial so it's not totally original. We have a young British student who is murdered and we must figure out who did it - her American roommate (too obvious?), the married teacher she was sleeping with, or someone connected to a call girl ring she worked for. This "victim" was no saint!I do like most of the characters especially the lawyer sister who comes to help and the shady lawyer played by Billy Zane. I think they could have done without the sleazy prince "Harry" wannabe but maybe he'll turn out to be important later. The acting is pretty good although some of the British actors need to work on their American accents. If you enjoy murder mysteries and true crime movies you'll enjoy Guilt. It's a good show to binge watch too.