Girl Taken - Comments & Tips

It was decent, but there was nothing in this you haven't seen before. Standard teenager kidnapped by someone close to them and hidden away for a number of years before escaping (not spoilers, its in the description). I thought they did a poor job of showing that several years had passed, everyone looked the same age, especially the teens (I say teens but they were all actors in their mid 20s). There was also little focus on mental health, or trauma, and seeking therapy, instead it spent way too much time on Abby and her relationship with Lily's boyfriend. And the mother seemed very toxic in the way she spoke to Abby over the course of the show that was perhaps alcohol fuelled but also kind of frustrating. The twins were interesting as they are played by real life sisters, but one of them is actually two years older (Tallulah who played Lily).

Pretty BS. Sensitive topic without punch and without the capability of captivating the audience. Acting is not the problem, totally bogus writing, illogical moments and terrible narrative are. It starts somewhat interesting and gets more boring episode after episode. There are escalation spirals that just happen en passant while technically being pretty grave. But like this they just kinda happen. The more I think about it the more I grow annoyed by girl taken.

I'd say nothing special, boring, deserves like 2 eps [spoiler] 5 years later, the only one who seems to have grown up is the Alice the baby [/spoiler]

Girl Taken has an interesting although not too original premise/approach. the acting is pretty great throughout but the writing is poor, the last 2 episodes are especially bad, suspend all belief and logic.

Binged the show, it was top notch