Save yourself time and watch the original or read the book. Too much flashing around, sideways, forwards, backwards. Whoopi Goldberg and Alexander Skarsgård are terrible miscasts. I personally loathe Whoopi Goldberg as an actress. She strikes me as a washed up hippie in every single role. Casting her here as Mother Abagail she lacks the necessary motherly qualities for the role and comes across as... a washed up hippie. She looks the role but it isn't her. Alexander Skarsgård meanwhile... he just doesn't have the element for Flagg. He comes across as a boring guy that would be best cast as a ride along cop in a police movie. He's not in the right element here. Most of the other characters are mostly OK, but not stand outs. Now split this up into 1hr runtimes. It drags out an already long story longer. Without the elements of continuity due to the flashbacks and such it's less immersive. Read the book watch the original. Don't waste the time here.

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