Absolutely Brilliant!

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

I really wanted to like this, but it's just so poorly done. It is done in a similar way as the (far superior) Outer Limits but missed virtually all key parts. Firstly, the "twist" endings could be seen from miles away. Secondly, the episodes were too short to be effective. Finally, key necessary explanations were omitted. A perfect example of these was the episode where the woman had bandages on her face. A toddler would have realized within minutes that the staff were the freaks (it wouldn't show their faces until the end) and the woman was the normal one. Did they really think they were fooling anyone? At the end, Forrest Whittaker says, "Why were the ugly ones considered normal and the beautiful ones the minority? It doesn't matter". Bull sh*t it doesn't matter! You can't just gloss over key plot points because you're too lazy to provide even the slightest bit of explanation. I'm all for forcing the viewer to use his or her imagination but this is just too much. The episode "How much do you love you kid?" was the worst thing ever. I get that these things take place in "The Twilight Zone" but give me something, anything, that can make these scenarios even the slightest bit plausible? I don't know, say a wizard did it or something. Anyway, if it wasn't bad enough, she just murders her own husband at the end and right afterward, seems surprised that it happened. I get that you're p*ssed at the guy, but who does that?

I wasn't born yet when the original and the first revival were made (I'm 24), however I was a big Twilight Zone fan while in high school. So the year was 2003 and the second revival was being aired on Fox... I was a freshman in college and had enough time to watch it. While the dialogues, places and the overall atmosphere looks more familiar to me on this new Twilight Zone, most of the screenplays lack the feeling from the old classic series. They don't have that characteristic superb twist and the end anymore and some of them are really predictable. The episodes from the classic series where awesome and I think they scared a bunch of people back then, but this revival has failed on that matter. But anyway, to be honest I don't blame new Twilight Zone's writers for this since some of the feeling that made this show so great was lost during the 80's revival.This is overall a good show if you don't have anything else to do, otherwise stick to the classics.

The original Twilight Zone was one of the best TV shows ever made. The writing was sharp and the ideas were fresh but more importantly tying the whole thing together was Rod Serling, a great presenter with real screen presence. So many movies and TV shows draw directly from his ideas that there should be a statue to the guy somewhere. I don't think many people would disagree that he was a unique and brilliant presenter and writer. But here's the bit that's going to make the majority of people go straight for the NO button on this review - a boss eyed staggering muttering black man is a poor replacement. No, not just poor, actually a pitiful replacement that renders this nearly unwatchable.If the actual stories were better then this wouldn't be the end of the world but they're not, they are generally badly written and have a modern gloss and finish that feels superficial and a cast that feels teen orientated. If you can't guess the ending within 5 minutes of the start of this show then there's something wrong with you because it's spelt out in sixty foot high letters right within the first five minutes. By contrast the original had stories that sometimes seemed to have an obvious ending but would twist your expectations. In short I just didn't like it at all, if you want to remake something classic then you should be thinking "can I at least equal the original?" and the answer with this one is an emphatic no. This is quite simply a bunch of cash grabbing talentless hacks riding the success of a far more talented writer.

Let me just say that I like the show despite not being as good as the old ones. And even some of the episodes stick in my mind; especially the 1st one that sent chills up my spine after it's horrific conclusion. I even liked Forest Whittaker's opening and ending lines and though he's no equal to Rod Serling, he more than makes up for it in his own style and manner. I've seen nearly all the episodes on TV (well, the marathon actually) and they will always have a special place in my heart and memories but I also enjoyed some of the best episodes of this updated version for it's merits alone and I recommend "The Outer Limits" which is another great anthology series as well.