Baby Reindeer

Good story, not a very good story telling. I found it hard to engage with, despite knowing it's based on true events. The problem is it's constant lecturing style. There is almost no subtlety with all the social messages the series tries to deliver. Nothing is left for the audience to figure out. I can't help but wonder how this would've turned out in HBO's hands. Nevertheless, it was entertaining to watch, but not something particularly memorable for me.

FAIRPORT CONVENTION! FUCK YOU ALL.

Nauseatingly netflixy from the get-go, or worse; almost felt like watching a tik-tok video. Sort of like the creator and hero with his stalker, I started out with the sense that I owe this series something. I was punished with a plasticky, self-indulgent spoken-word monologue with woke dog whistles.

As someone with rather more than his share of boundaries, I find it utterly inexplicable that this guy can't manage to set one or two basic ones. By the time he finishes narrating one ill-advised decision after another, letting himself off the hook at every turn, I pretty much hated him. And his "comedy act" is just embarrassing. Yet, despite it all, it's curiously watchable, perhaps due to Jessica Gunning, who flings herself into her character, giving a high-energy, no-holds-barred performance.

So wonderfully broken.

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...well, that was depressing.

Deeply unsettling, but on the whole painfully honest and open treatment of abuse and mental health issues and the agonising pain they cause as they rebound between people.

perfect ending

Brilliantly crafted exploration of trauma and abuse.

The subject matter is at times very uncomfortable and hard to take in but this is the type of story that demands to be scene. It is creepy, darkly comedic and very emotional at various points through out the 7 episode run. What makes it even more shocking is this was based on a true story. Richard Gadd is the man that this happened to and he also wrote and created the series as well as played the lead role. There is so much to unpack here but this one of the best shows in a long while.

When out and about, I make sure to project bad vibes precisely to avoid everything happening here.

PURE propaganda. Well-made, well performed but completely fictional.

Gadd's acting and voice-over narration are arresting but I found the stalker angle pretty grating. While talking about the formative experience in the main character's past that is revealed in the very strong fourth episode won't do here, suffice to say that I welcomed the change of focus.

Maig i Juny 2024 - M'ha agradat, però hi hagut algunes coses en els personatges que em semblaven artificioses. Una mica massa veu en off. Bona actuació. Hi havia alguns grisos, però en cap moment hi havia colors d'aquests que no se sap quins són i que enganyen en funció de l'entorn. Tampoc m'agrada, com no em sol agradar, quan és tan fàcil etiquetar els moments com a "emocional" o "comèdia".

There are laughs and there are groans. It goes to some uncomfortable places, and is very successful in doing so. There is something so compelling watching a damaged person get stalked by an even more damaged person.

The performances!!! What an unsetteling show. It is no an easy to watch show but it tells its story really well and makes you feel. Every bit where you say ‘why would you do that?’ gets explained and did I mention the amazing performances?

I find it interesting that the actor is the same one who lived it, and although I try to be objective because he only tells us his side, the girl has already come out to deny it, I think a documentary would be good where they show both sides. What is true is that it teaches us how far two hurt people in toxic relationships can go.

An amazing, painful, important story that is way to rarely told. This is a profoundly uncomfortable show about abuse, the festering of shame and torturous dynamics between wounded people. I had a hard time watching, but it was very worth it.

é bom viver o zeit. a série não é nada demais, mas serve

Interesting and holds you through. However besides a weird true story and feeling sorry for these poor broken souls not sure what's there to take from this with you.

Ugh, disgusting…

Deeply uncomfortable and disturbing through most of it, but remains a story worth telling.

“This is a true story” leaves me feeling cheated. “Based on a true story” feels more appropriate when its writer and lead has admitted to artistic tweaks. Otherwise, very entertaining and gripping.

Although it's enjoyable to have a proper portrayal of the cycle of abuse and traumatic harrassment on a tv screen, and the dark comedic tone fits, I simply don't like the main guy. I get that it's a show about hating yourself, and it worked, I ended up hating the main character.

"The show is written, produced, and starred in by Richard Gadd, depicting his own experiences with being stalked." okay what the fuck! -sent from my ihpone

It can be cringy at times, but brilliant.