Taxiridefan I watched the first episode and became wrapped up in the mysteries that surround the house and its inhabitants, the Mysterious Miniaturist and how they seemed to know everything that was going on within those walls. Then we get to the second episode and what do we get? Two characters are dead, there really was no big mystery to the Miniaturist, she was just observant and life will just go on. No mystery, no intrigue, just a flat ending. Watching this was like going to the symphony where it builds up to this huge crescendo and the end is someone blowing a party whistle. There was no point to any of it.

frukuk A beautifully paced beginning, with some excellent acting (especially from Anya Taylor-Joy), peters out following the big reveal about the marriage.Given the miniaturist seems to remain unpaid after supplying unsolicited miniatures, I really didn't understand what motivated her. (So it clearly wasn't money. Was it that she was driven, as an artist, to create her works? If so, that needed to be communicated much more clearly.)

chinesexiaomin I agree with the reviewer below who said that the miniaturist served nothing. If the core of everything is the miniaturist (not the miniatures !), the film could be titled as "the miniaturist"; while the core of the film is the girl Nella! Why isn't it called "Nella and her myserious miniatures" or something like that? I've never read the book, so I'm not saying about the book; Watching the film. when I first saw Nella (who seemed quite center-character like) I thought SHE was the miniaturist (because the title is The Miniaturist) but then oh no the miniaturist is just a mysterious girl served nothing. On the other hand, Nella is strong and not religion-baffled like Marin(though she is sort of a feminist too). The characters are charming, though Johannes is really dumb-like (while Frans is played rather convincingly here).

buddybickford It is insane, the miniaturist to which the series is titled has absolutely nothing to do with anything that happens. She is completely ineffective, nothing she does has any impact to the plot or the characters. She does not advise, warn, nothing, she only serves to create and additional, cruel and completely unnecessary added stress for the household, just as they deal with real crises, she just trolls them, then gives a wimpy excuse as to why she broke their balls for nothing.She is as useful as hindsight. However story is fine, dramatic with good but quite obvious lines.Also why did the former slave do nothing at all to save Johannes? Johannes saved him from slavery, then the former slave just stands there and watches him drown, jee great guy.