This Is Not My Life TV Review
Review by Russell Baillie, NZ Herald.
Promising new local mystery thriller This Is Not My Life might start with a scene familiar to many New Zealand households - Dad stumbles out of bed late, wanders dazed into kitchen to be greeted by his family, heads out for a jog.
Only in this case, Alec Ross (Charles Mesure, last seen bleeding to death in Outrageous Fortune) has forgotten a few things and not just his shoes or pants. He's running out in panic because he remembers none of it - his wife and kids, his gleaming showhome, his life in the Kiwi Pleasantville of Waimoana (town motto: "You'll never want to leave").
You don't actually hear Alec ask "what year is it?". But the first fun to be had with last night's engaging opening double episode of TINML was estimating how far into the future its makers have projected.
They've delivered some cleverly satirical touches about an eco-everything lifestyle. One that frowns on running up a carbon footprint overdraft and comes complete with speed-governed tiny electric smart cars with GPS systems which calmly greet you "kia ora ..." and "I'm sorry 'out of here' is not a destination".
Almost everything else works by digital touch-screen. How nifty. With its white-grey-blue colour palette and most people the amnesiac Alec encounters all models of politeness, it's like the future is one giant Koru Lounge.
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This Is Not My Life features Auckland Actors Alison Bruce, Michelle Leuthart, Elliot Christensen-Yule, Liesha Ward Knox, Lauren Jackson and Jan Fisher.