Film Review - Erik Giménez

Black Mirror, a sci-fi series released the third season in October 2016,  this season included one of the most blockbuster episodes of all time. This episode called "Nosedive" is directed by Joe Wright and broadcast by Netflix. The leading actress is Bryce Dallas as Lacie Pound and co-star by Alice Eve as Naomi Blestow.

What would happen, if one day all the people started rating everyone in order to make them behave well? That is exactly what this episode is about. The storyline is set in a dystopic future in which all people are rated constantly for their actions and behaviour. It tells the story of a young lady obsessed with improving her rating. Therefore, she will be able to afford a luxurious apartment and be socially more integrated. Willing to improve her rate she begins a relationship with an old friend, Naomi, a 4.7 out of 5. A week later, Naomi asks her if she can be her maid of honour because she is going to marry next month. Lacie does not think twice and agrees, but everything is going to fall apart as the date comes nearer.

The most enjoyable thing in this episode is the superb casting of all the actors and actresses that take part in. The protagonist makes an outstanding performance and the dialogue is also amazing and easy to understand for the non-English speakers.

The episode holds the spectator's attention until the end. However, I would have preferred a longer episode, I feel that they could have explained much more if it was not an episode, it would have been a better choice making film instead of an episode of one hour.

To conclude I think that it is a very good episode and I encourage everyone that has not seen it yet, to see it. One day what it is shown in the episode may come true, I expect I will not be there to see it.