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What happens to a sad story when is told and retold. It starts as an emotional and cathartic journey into people's psyche, to discover their fears, desires and nightmares. I works the first time, the second and the third. What about the thousandth time, it will be still as compelling as the first time or the second? I don't think so. Originality dwindles and people's interest reverts toward something newer and more exciting. Maybe this is what's happening to the procedural crime drama's genre. Maybe this is what'll happen to ever genre after it has been milked to oblivion. Oblivion, this is what will be left after all.
PLOT
"A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart" or "Everyone is a psycho in a way or another".
SCRIPT
The structure of this show is the same of every other procedural drama and the characters aren't original. The protagonist is the usual cop which has a torned past and she isn't liked by her people. The victim tries to be like Laura Palmer, the girl who was murdered in Twin Peaks, but she becomes just a blur and it's hard to sympatize for someone you see in one episode and doesn't live a great impression. There's a lot of social commentary which is about priests pedophilia, parents immoral choices, discrimination, homophobia, gun laws and justice. It doesn't go beyond that and the experience is mediocre and sometimes boring because it drags a bit. The climax and its multiple twists is where the series drops his balls, because the show shift from uninspired to bonkers and idiotic. The murderer's identity is so underwhelming and it makes everything so anticlimatic. The fact is that it pushes the threshold of believability to a point where it becomes unbelievable. The series is heavily flawed but, fortunately, the characters have archs. Some of them are satisfying, some are just there and others doesn't exist. Overall I think that this script isn't original and its character are second-rate, to the point of being flat. I've expected more and I'm disappointed.
Script: 5/10
ACTING
It's ok, Kate Winslet does a good job and I could say the same for the other actors. The point is that there's nothing breathtaking. Guy Pearce appears for a brief time and I don't understand why it was necessary to bring in an actor like him for a forgettable role. Evan Peters is there but he's bland and uninspired. I'm not able to see some kind of passion or something which resembles it. It seems more like a show done for the paycheck rather than the telling of an actual story.
Acting: 6/10
PHOTOGRAPHY
Just few shots are cool but overall nothing new. I appreciate the fact that the light isn't flat and shadows are used well by the director. Unfortunately it doesn't go beyond that, because there's no symbolism and colours aren't used in a remarkable way. The grey scale filter is there and it makes the series just another crime drama with the same style.
Photography: 5/10
EDITING
It's pretty mediocre without being harmful. Particular filming techniques are employed during the flashbacks, just one time actually. It doesn't help the show because sometimes it seems stale and boring.
Editing: 6/10
SPECIAL EFFECTS
None. The lack of it is necessary to keep the story as real as possible. Practical effects are there but I don't find them impressive.
Special Effects: 6/10
SOUNDTRACK
It isn't interesting or remarkable and it functions obly as background noise to set the tone of the series. There is a theme but it's shy and unoriginal and you'll forget it easily. The song singed by Angourie Rice in the epilogue is ok but it isn't the best song I've ever heard. The point is that this show has the same soundtrack as any other procedural drama, which make it seems like a copycat.
Soundtrack: 5/10
COSTUMES
Usual clothes you can expect from a drama set in the suburbs. There isn't much to say about it because there's nothing original about these and it works in the story's context. I find strange that costumes don't have a relevant role here, usually these are used to find who's guilty or a suspect.
Costumes: 6/1
CONCLUSION
Script: 5/10
Acting: 6/10
Photography: 5/10
Editing: 6/10
Special Effects: 6/10
Soundtrack: 5/10
Costumes: 6/10
AVERAGE: 5,57
It's just another procedural crime drama and it isn't even the best one. I think that it's time to start writing different kind of cop's characters because it's becoming a cliche to the point of parody. Adding good actors to the mold doesn't work in the long term because it's the script which keeps the series from crumbling down. I could see it but I think that it's better to skip it because it doesn't bring something new to the genre.
Director: Craig Zobel
Screenplay: Brad Ingelsby
Cast: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, David Denman, Neal Huff, Guy Pearce, Cailee Spaeny, John Douglas Thompson, Joe Tippett, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, James McArdle
Soundtrack: Lele Marchitelli
Cinematography: Ben Richardson
Running Time: 60 minutes
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