"The Undoing", a six-part HBO series. The good and the bad.

Posted by free.ranger (A) on December 10, 2020 at 12:36:03

This is an intense whodunnit short series with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant as the mains; also Donald Sutherland and a kid, whomever. As a short series, the action and mystery are condensed, so you stay in the fold as it unfolds.

Grant is good, using his puppy dog looks to intense ends. Kidman, usually a good actor, seems to be searching for a way to portray her character. Imo, she doesn't quite find it. I kept wanting to see her snap out of it, whatever 'it' was. They raise an immature brat in upper class New York. The kid, whomever, grates on me. I kept wanting to slap the shit out of him, and he plays far too much into this story. Maybe wanting to shake people up is a sign of good involvement. I don't know. The support actors are terrific. Sutherland and the high-priced lawyer, Noma Dumezweni (yeah, her), especially.

But the story is the thing here. Seeing self-destruction on this level in people who are on top is very disconcerting. Affair, side pregnancy, psycho bitches, lies, past histories revealed, then murder. The whole enchilada in a short take. Who did it and why? The directional finger points here and there, spotlighting almost everyone before coming home. Even then, is it the truth?

I read some interview with Grant, who said that he never intended to be the light-romance Brit, but that was his career. This was a chance to gain some depth, and do it by building on his forte.

Worth seeing for the entanglements. Intense, and you won't know until the end. Maybe not even then.

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Topic - "The Undoing", a six-part HBO series. The good and the bad. - free.ranger 12:36:03 12/10/20 (20)

RE: Uneven with a terrible ending, plus: - thegage 07:37:10 12/12/20 (1)

2000% Hollywood - Victor Khomenko 10:00:56 12/14/20 (0)

Liked it well enough.. - tunenut 18:33:54 12/10/20 (7)

I'm so over Kidman in thirty something roles... - Jim Pearce 19:05:47 12/10/20 (6)

Male Actors in their 60's have been doing it forever. Nt - oldmkvi 08:48:53 12/14/20 (0)

RE: I'm so over Kidman in thirty something roles... - rivervalley817 19:52:31 12/10/20 (4)

O c'mon - You're just joshin'! - Chris from Lafayette 01:27:09 12/11/20 (3)

At her peak in EWS . . . - Billy Wonka 11:58:54 12/13/20 (1)

No argument there! - Chris from Lafayette 13:50:53 12/13/20 (0)

RE: O c'mon - You're just joshin'! - rivervalley817 09:55:50 12/11/20 (0)

So far... - Victor Khomenko 18:25:08 12/10/20 (8)

Off topic: hey Victor - you and I are brothers now! - Chris from Lafayette 01:31:55 12/11/20 (5)

I was Ashkenazi for a while . . . - Billy Wonka 11:46:28 12/13/20 (1)

My Ashkenazi has fluctuated too - but hasn't been taken away - Chris from Lafayette 13:46:11 12/13/20 (0)

Wow! I always believed those numbers are pulled out randomly :) - Victor Khomenko 04:56:11 12/11/20 (2)

The Hopak - the music (and dance) of my (new) people! - Chris from Lafayette 01:08:16 12/12/20 (1)

Tell them to leave the cake at the door. - Victor Khomenko 14:27:06 12/13/20 (0)

It ain't perfect. Lots of disjoints. - free.ranger 20:03:32 12/10/20 (1)

Too many chiches - Victor Khomenko 04:51:07 12/11/20 (0)

RE: "The Undoing", a six-part HBO series. The good and the bad. - Sondek 14:09:54 12/10/20 (0)

"The Undoing", a six-part HBO series. The good and the bad.

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