TV review: There aren't enough laughs in How To Get To Heaven From Belfast

It's hard to be mysterious and funny at the same time - it doesn't work in Lisa McGee's long-awaited follow-up to Derry Girls

Roisin Gallagher as Saoirse Sinéad Keenan as Robyn Caoilfhionn Dunne as Dara in "How to Get to Heaven From Belfast" Picture: Netflix

The problem with a mystery comedy thriller is that it’s very hard to be mysterious and funny at the same time. They manage it in the Knives Out movie because Daniel Craig is a very good comic actor. But it doesn’t work in How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (Netflix).

It’s written by Lisa McGee, who brought us Derry Girls, the best TV comedy of all time. So you expect it be funny. But there is too much space between the laughs here, what with all the mysterious goings on. So I ended up wishing McGee just made another kitchen table comedy packed with brilliantly painted characters.