Homecoming: What the reviewers think

Thursday 1 November 2018, 9:22

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Our Must Watch TV reviewers, Scott Bryan, TV Editor at Buzzfeed and Hayley Campbell, journalist, reviewer and host of the BBC pop culture Podcast “Unpopped”. They're reviewing Homecoming on Amazon Prime.

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Hayley says: "It's so good to see Julia Roberts in something that isn't lame"

"This is the new Julia Roberts show on Amazon Prime - it's the first time that she's been in a TV show.

"It's set in a government facility in Florida - Roberts plays a case worker for newly discharged war veterans who need to be assisted in getting back into civilian life.

"It's based on a fiction podcast from a couple of years back that starred Oscar Isaac and David Schwimmer - and it's been adapted for TV by its original creators.

"I really liked this because it's really weird and odd. The episodes are only half an hour long.

"You don't know what's happening - they don't really give you enough information in each episode so you have to keep going. Every time the credits start, you sigh.

"It's so good to see Julia Roberts in something that isn't lame."

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Scott says: "I could have watched this all in one sitting"

"The whole theme of it is a sense of unease - making you feel slightly paranoid and uncomfortable and that's the real joy.

"It's such an engaging, engrossing drama.

"It has a sort-of Twin Peaks feel - when you get an answer, you end up with three more questions.

"I could have watched this all in one sitting. It's one of the first dramas I've seen in ages where I will watch as much as I can in one go. Part of that is because of the half-hour episodes. It's really well paced. Just before the ending there's a mini-cliffhanger.

"Amazon has really been trying to push into Netflix's space by doing big originals. This is the first one that I've seen that they've been promoting that I've fallen in love with. I can't say that with any other shows they've been talking about in the last year.

"In this, they change the ratio of the screen size, the aspect ratio, to indicate a shift in the times of the film. Every frame feels like it's had a lot of care and attention."