Big little lies

Year of release : 2017

 

Run time : 51minutes , 7 episodes

 

Genre : Drama / Mystery / Mini Series

 

Cast : Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard, Shailene Woodley, Zoe Kravitz, Laura Dern

 

 

The series are based on the 2014 Liane Moriarty novel of the same name.

 

Season 1

 

The series open with a murder scene,so it starts with the end and it goes back to the beginning,through the recounts of people giving statements at the police station.

 

The series centers around four women who's children attend the same school.

Madeline is seen as the queen bee, what she wants goes. She is married and has two daughters,one from a previous marriage. She has a lot of rage build up against her ex husband who was never there for her and their daughter but who now is for his new family. This makes her husband think she settled for him and she still loves the ex.

 

Celeste is best friends with Madeline. From the outside,she seems to have the perfect life and marriage. She has two sons,twins,and is married to a younger,attractive,man. What people don't know is her husband gets violent when he thinks he is left out of something,and also, he is the reason she gave up her job as a lawyer,and became a stay at home mom.

 

Jane becomes friends with Madeline when she helps her one morning,seeing her twisting her ankle. This impresses Madeline and welcomes her right away into her circle of friends.

Jane seems to be running from an abusive man,whom she doesn't want to talk about,and even told her son,his father was a one night stand.

 

She sleeps with a gun under her pillow afraid he might come after them,so it definitely wasn't a one night stand.

 

Her son is also accused of picking on a little girl,and the little girl has bruises on her neck.

 

The little girl happens to be the daughter of Renata,a powerful woman in town,who believes her daughter and excludes the boy from her daughter's birthday party,as one should.

This doesn't sit well with Madeline as she thinks the boy innocent,so on the said day she buys tickets to Disney's Frozen,for her daughter who is the It girl of the school,Jane's son, and a few other important kids.

 

The actors are good, the plot is intriguing. What bothered me was the fact the series cuts what's happening in one scene to go to another,and then goes back to the first scene,ending it. It happens in every episode,and it is very annoying. It also has these flashes like memories which happen very fast,in a blink and you'll miss it scenario,and I'm not kidding.

 

Viewer discretion is advised as the series have scenes of violence and nudity, and a pretty explicit scene between Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgard.

 

The series are streaming on HBO Max, HBO Max Free, HBO Now, Max Go, DIRECTV, Spectrum on Demand,and is to buy on Amazon Prime Video, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !