From my favorite movies..

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

This show is about a family whose mother has multiple personality disorder. The casting and acting is stellar!! Toni Collette blew me away with her portrayal of multiple personality disorder, she deserves an award for her performance. This funny, serious, light-hearted, tear jerking show reminded me that family love can thrive despite mental illness. A healthy reminder that family love comes in all colors, shapes and sizes. This show touches on how mental illness affects all relationships. Marriage, siblings, friends, children and parent relationships are all touched on in this show. Just when you are shedding a tear, comedy ensues and you are ready for more.

I would have given this charming, quirky, compelling, interesting show a 9, but there were a couple of jarring, ignorant, political issues that made the ride come to a screeching halt. Really? Can't we have good entertainment without this claptrap coming up? I just couldn't even go to my standby and call it irony, it was too stupid. What the heck? How was I supposed to take this? They carefully got the audience to love these odd people then make them say unforgivably stupid things. What is it with Hollywood limousine leftists anyway? They ruined an excellent show. The acting and writing, other than previously highlighted, was super. Eddie Izzard was terrific. The whole cast was great. Interesting, unusual, made me think. made me laugh. Made me cry.

It is addictive. The whole cast is performing at its best. Colette is just brilliant and I can only imagine how difficult must be to play such a complex and multi faced (literally) role.I do not see why anyone would feel offended. It is about a real disease which is not very well known and absolutely not very well diagnosed.Well done... I hope sometimes soon we will get series 4!!I have seen first series on Show tie and now I finished it on NetFlix. The whole family characters absorbed my attention and yes, I get to some tears sometimes. We need more show like this.It is not a show for youngters but with proper supervision it can be for everyone.

I grazed over this show for its first three seasons, enjoying occasional episodes and guest stars but mostly frustrated. Fred Ward and Pamela Reed were early standouts. And of course, Collette is one of the best actresses alive today. Watching her perform her craft on multiple personalities is to like watching Olivier perform Shakespeare. Corbett, though unremarkable, was sturdy and a nice contrast/foil for Tara. The actress playing Charmayne was excellent throughout and helped keep things together for me.However, there were many things in the first 3 years that varied from boring to annoying to pointless. I thought Brie Larson was totally devoid of talent and her relationship with her mother was strictly ho-hum teenage angst. The young actor playing Marshall was much more talented but over-the-top and his character seemed to be permitted to get away with too many things (like burning down the garage) simply because he was gay and sensitive (talk about bending over backwards).I also thought setting the show in "Kansas" was a big mistake from a multitude of perspectives. At no point did I believe that anyone in that family had ever actually lived in Kansas. The next two alters added, Gimme and Chicken did little to enhance anything either in my opinion and weren't even fun watching Collette portray.All that changed last year - easily the best season for the show. I had resolved not to watch after last year's pointless trials and tribulations UNTIL I heard Eddie Izzrd would guest star as an imperious professor. That sounded promising It fulfilled every bit of its promise and then some. Starting with the alter Shoshanna, followed by his rejection of multiple-personality disorder, and the introduction of the dean -- all of this gave balance, meaning, and purpose to the other things around them. Marshall's film festival entry generated little enthusiasm from me at first but making the film about Max and what did to his subsequent relationship with Max and Max's eventual catharisis was also the stuff of genius. Finally, getting Charmayne and Neil together and having the baby worked well - and they were strong throughout the year. Perhaps the biggest surprise to me personally was the training program for the daughter to be a flight attendant and eventually getting the job and a real love interest. Given I thought the actress was terrible, I thought this was when I would run to the bathroom during the program. Little did I know that this subplot would wind up actually giving the family its center back in the last episode. Wow! Never saw that one coming.Of course, I have yet to mention the most brilliant stroke of genius of all both from a plot development standpoint and from Collette's acting. What more can I say about the stunning portrayal of murderous and lascivious Bryce Crane, unabashedly swaggering, and killing off the other alters - INCLUDING TARA! The way she was brought back and in turn, killed off Bryce, also worked well. What can I say. What had been a 3.5 out of ten show for me turns into a 7 overall by earning an 11 out of 100 in its fourth and final season.And bravo to the cancellation. Without it, I'm not sure they would have emptied out the toy box and given us the best. The ending was a true ending and marvelous. Way to go!