After watching first three episodes, I felt like I was getting into one of the most thrilling miniseries in recent years. A dystopian vision of a not-so-unrealistic future where millions of people lose their homes, families fall apart, friendships end and an entire nation must cope with its sudden uprooting. Vinterberg's realistic style also evokes the distress of overcrowded ferries, the cold-bloodedness of the bureaucratic apparatus, and the horror of social anomy in a society where all official mechanisms cease to exist. However, all these motifs fade away in favor of a poorly written family melodrama in which the characters behave irrationally and whose stupid decisions drag the dull plot. The romantic storyline of two young lovers traveling through Eastern Europe is boring and desperately one-note, as is the "struggle" of a privileged architect's family in France. We also never find out how marginalized and otherwise disadvantaged groups of people are dealing with the situation.

After watching first three episodes, I felt like I was getting into one of the most thrilling miniseries in recent years. A dystopian vision of a not-so-unrealistic future where millions of people lose their homes, families fall apart, friendships end and an entire nation must cope with its sudden uprooting. Vinterberg's realistic style also evokes the distress of overcrowded ferries, the cold-bloodedness of the bureaucratic apparatus, and the horror of social anomy in a society where all official mechanisms cease to exist. However, all these motifs fade away in favor of a poorly written family melodrama in which the characters behave irrationally and whose stupid decisions drag the dull plot. The romantic storyline of two young lovers traveling through Eastern Europe is boring and desperately one-note, as is the "struggle" of a privileged architect's family in France. We also never find out how marginalized and otherwise disadvantaged groups of people are dealing with the situation.