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Firstly i have to praise that the series manages to create stunning images in some cases. The Idea behind all of this is a good one and i understand why it was made after all. But i don't understand how the screenwriters could fail at giving these young characters conversations that sound at least kind of matching their age. There were many Dammit-Moments, as Sorkin might call them, were things are said that no real person would say in real life. This blends into unmatching actor performances, where it is hard to tell whether it is the dialogs, the director, or the actors to blame for this. It just feels completely unreal. But still this series has some good things to it, and the plot makes it worth a watch for intrigued viewers.

First, i am watching many modern horror movies, and even though they entertain me sometimes, most of them are rather boring because they all show what others have already shown. This is where The Vigil comes in, due to the ongoing pandemic that affected its release in Germany 2020, i had a tough time finding movies in the cinema i haven't watched already. So one night i decided to go and watch this movie, which did not seem to be an outstanding movie due to its bad IMDb rating and mediocre Metascore. I have never ever been proven wrong that much by prejudices. It is a movie that shows us so many unseen things, first of all there is its jewish theming, touching the controversy of orthodox religion. Next at a horror perspective it is a film that uses less jumpscares than you would expect, it had various scenes where i thought that it builds jumpscares up, just to see that what is showed as the scare, is so terrifying that there is no need for an jumpscare to scare an audience. Speaking of that, this movie ultimately is about the horrible mistreatments of Jews by the Nazis during the second World War. About haunting traumas, about possible mistreatments in the jewish orthodox society. It might not be the best movie of 2020 to me, but for people that don't want to see the same thing in a different movie everyday this might be a really good choice.

This Netlix Original show features great cinematography, good storytelling and most important: great looking homes. In my opinion its really inspiring and entertaining. No way it deserves less then 7 stars!