Top of the Lake: China Girl [DVD]

A bit of agony getting through this one -- perhaps a lesson in dealing with uniformly unlikeable characters. And a uniformly diluted story line. The procedural genre has gone through some incredible expansion these past few years and ToL deserves recognition for moving things along. But the weak pun at work in the title is perhaps our biggest reward here. That and a few gags from a displaced German "scholar" pulling a caper motivated by some sense of social justice. Who's knows? Whatever is worthwhile about China Girl is lost in tepid direction, unfocused writing, improbable events -- I'm thinking the of Bondi beach sequence in particular -- massive cracks in continuity and often painful, plentiful, over-acting. The love scenes take me back to an old Mitchell and Webb skit, the punch line being "Now we know"...O, and my wife says it's even worse than that.

Was very good.The first one was the best but was pulled into this one also eventho I don't even began to understand why anyone would want to have a child.Protect a child -yes. Hate to seen them threatened or harmed -yes.Have a child -Oh heavens no.

well done....liked it as well as Top of the Lake....left it open to another series.....hope it isn't so long in between.

Great Series.

Good but not up to first Top of the lake

Again a great series for 'Top of the Lake'. This one did not grab me as much as the first one as I missed the dramatic scenery (New Zealand). Still, the storyline was excellent, with challenging moments and unexpected twists and turns, and the acting was again awe inspiring.

Good watch from downunder

First series of Top of the Lake was far better ...