DTF St. Louis

“DTF St. Louis” breaks down its crude acronym until it isn’t disagreeable anymore. At times, it’s downright aspirational. Perhaps best of all, it’s also very, very funny.

For a show that’s routinely funny and intriguing, DTF St. Louis is startlingly insightful and moving.

Everyone here has an odd, difficult part – especially once the whimsy has worn off – and making them congruent as well as believable individually is an achievement all of its own. You may well find yourself DTFinishing the whole thing in a single watch.

It won’t be for everyone, but if you enjoy shows like FX’s Fargo and HBO’s own The Chair Company, it’s worth getting down with DTF.

If it were solely a series about sex, the tender yet confounding “DTF St. Louis” would be one cool piece of work. .... Usually, one would have a pretty solid idea of where things were headed after watching more than half a series. Yet “DTF St. Louis” is so emotionally elusive I’m less confident than usual in my clairvoyance.

“DTF St. Louis” has a bit of the feel of a character piece about midlife mores smushed into the currently more commercial format of the crime-based limited series. It might not satisfy fans of that genre, while if anything, I found myself wanting it weirder and less bound by its format.

DTF St. Louis is a misfire that can’t seem to find its voice, a dud that offers nothing to its audience.

Uma das coisas que mais gostei dessa série foi a construção dos personagens, um estudo aprofundado de personalidade, o que demonstra certo acuro com o material. Por mais que não seja difícil desvendar o mistério, e a série após a metade fique um pouco arrastada, é convincente do início ao fim, sem reviravoltas mirabolantes, o que garante a conexão do espectador.

Bateman and Harbour were fantastic. Very funny and emo at times. Def could have gone deeper on the characters and their motivations---especially Bateman's character--who only peels back a few layers. Strange and fun.

It’s a bizarre storyline. I do wonder if David Harbour taking on this role was some sort of redemption for what transpired between him and Lily Allen. Nevertheless, by the 5th episode and the obligatory introduction of another person of color, I’m convinced this show doesn’t know what it wants to be or how to get there.

This is one of those shows where I'm just angry I watched the whole thing. Was looking for a payoff but it never came. The mystery is nothing but a poorly constructed shaggy dog story. It was easy to figure it out only because the writers were working SO hard to convince us something else. What a mess. The writing in this movie - the plot, the dialogue is just a mess. I can't imagine the creators had any real idea what they were trying to say when they started, and then someone told them to stretch it out to 7 episodes :( Possibly, maybe... if it was a 1.5 hour movie the murder mystery would have been worth watching, but still probably not. I really don't know what more to say - I'd go into the story but I still can't really comprehend what it was? I can't even tell you if the acting was any good because we have no idea who these characters were supposed to be.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]