On the Verge Julie Delpy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm watching it. I find it weird how childlike the teen children are and how much the parents baby them.

It's making fun of helicopter parenting. It's silly and goofy and ridiculous. If you can enjoy that, then it's for you.

[Anonymous]

I watched it all this week. I think it was meant to be making fun of itself. I wont spoil but I did think some of the plot w Orion’s mom was out of left field but maybe I missed something.

[Anonymous]

I like it. Elisabeth Shue is excellent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched one episode and thought it was terribly written. Poor talented Sarah Jones having to play such ridiculous character! They made her completely unlikable.

But she does a great job of being unlikable, so that's a testament to her acting ability. I have known people exactly like Yaz - totally self-absorbed, drama queens, thinking everything is a slight against them. She nailed it.

[Anonymous]

The guy who plays Julie Delpy's husband is incredibly unattractive and just downright unappealing. What a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I expected this show to be better than what it is and was disappointed. As a 40 something woman I was looking forward to watching a smart show about women my age-this was just silly. Only Elizabeth Shue's character seemed like a real person-the other three were goofy/odd/histrionic (and not in interesting ways). Not the actresses fault-just bad writing.

You do realize one of the actors- Julie Delpy - is also the writer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I expected this show to be better than what it is and was disappointed. As a 40 something woman I was looking forward to watching a smart show about women my age-this was just silly. Only Elizabeth Shue's character seemed like a real person-the other three were goofy/odd/histrionic (and not in interesting ways). Not the actresses fault-just bad writing.

You do realize one of the actors- Julie Delpy - is also the writer?

You do realize TWO of the actors are also the writers? Julie Delpy and Alexia Landeau?
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The guy who plays Julie Delpy's husband is incredibly unattractive and just downright unappealing. What a jerk.

He’s French.

[Anonymous]

Meh. I watched 2 episodes and it's pretty bad. Badly written and feels forced. A poor caricature of a French show. It's not even funny in French. I expected much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I expected this show to be better than what it is and was disappointed. As a 40 something woman I was looking forward to watching a smart show about women my age-this was just silly. Only Elizabeth Shue's character seemed like a real person-the other three were goofy/odd/histrionic (and not in interesting ways). Not the actresses fault-just bad writing.

You do realize one of the actors- Julie Delpy - is also the writer?

You do realize TWO of the actors are also the writers? Julie Delpy and Alexia Landeau?
DP

I do-as actresses they are solid, as writers not so much.

[Anonymous]

I guess I’m alone in really liking it?! I think it’s spot on for women in their late 40s/early 50s!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess I’m alone in really liking it?! I think it’s spot on for women in their late 40s/early 50s!

I like it! I just watched Julie Delpy yelling at that dad at the soccer practice, saying something like she isn’t scared of him and isn’t scared of men. I feel like that all the damn time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched it all this week. I think it was meant to be making fun of itself. I wont spoil but I did think some of the plot w Orion’s mom was out of left field but maybe I missed something.

It was a ridiculous "jumping the shark" plot arc. And dumb.

[Anonymous]

My favorite character is Gretchen, the au pair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I finished it. I thought it was somewhat entertaining but not particularly good. Elizabeth Shue looks great.

They all look pretty good (natural) for upper 40s - mid 50s
But Alexis Landeau has done weird filler thing going on. Almost looks like Glasgow smile.

Did she bash up her elbow in this photo?