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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
The best modern day war seiries ive seen After i warched the first episode i thought it was good, so i went on to watch the hole of the first disk to make sure that it wasent just a one episode wonder. It just kept getting better and better as i watched on. The acting is good the special effects are brilliant and it has a good soundtrack to it. Over there will keep you on the edge of your seats throughout the whole seiries. Unlike other war film it shows pain and happiness from both the americans and iraqis.
In another league This goes way beyond Bochco's earlier work and his formulaic attempt at a novel. It is simply a brilliant, moving, gripping, desperately needed window on unpleasant reality - and a great tragedy not to be continued. One day this will be regarded as a classic.
An informative show for people to see and to get an idea of what it's like The strongest aspect of "Over There" is the way the various characters are developed. Their lives are fleshed out to the point that you feel like you know them and care about what happens to them. As a military wife I have an idea what's goes on. Some shows manage to alienate their audience with characters that are so annoying or unlikable it's impossible to care about them, but "Over There" accomplishes something rare: even when one of the characters does something unforgivably stupid, cruel or selfish,... more info
TV at its best As an ex (UK) Forces person I expected to sneer all the way through this as with most US series featuring soldiers. In fact, I was hooked by the end of the second episode. Other writers have mentioned the rounding out of the characters but it is also the twists and turns that got me hooked. Most episodes end (sometimes even as the credits roll) with something that turns everything you think you know up to then upside down. Considering the war is still effectively raging, as has cost the US several... more info