Perhaps this improves after the first hour, but it just wasn't interesting enough for me to hang around.
I didn't care about either of the main characters, nor did I find them or the events (for example, the "salon") particularly believable.
I think "Invertebrates" is more apt than "Animals". Laura (played by Holliday Grainger) just lacks any motivation to write her novel. It felt like Jim (played by Fra Fee), who must have practised the piano for many hours, was going to show her the importance of "turning up at the page", each day, for several hours, without fail. Instead, he seems to facilitate her prevarication.
It's possible this is much better in the final half, but it really doesn't deserve the chance to redeem itself when the first half is so drab and boring.
I didn't care about either of the main characters, nor did I find them or the events (for example, the "salon") particularly believable.
I think "Invertebrates" is more apt than "Animals". Laura (played by Holliday Grainger) just lacks any motivation to write her novel. It felt like Jim (played by Fra Fee), who must have practised the piano for many hours, was going to show her the importance of "turning up at the page", each day, for several hours, without fail. Instead, he seems to facilitate her prevarication.
It's possible this is much better in the final half, but it really doesn't deserve the chance to redeem itself when the first half is so drab and boring.