In Reply to: "The Undoing", a six-part HBO series. The good and the bad. posted by free.ranger on December 10, 2020 at 12:36:03:
It kept me interested enough to look forward to each episode.
As a sort of cultural anthropology look at the extreme upper class lifestyle of pre-pandemic NYC, it's pretty great. Fantastic photography of the city and the lavish residences.
As a whodunit, it's pretty standard stuff. Lots of pointers in various directions to keep the viewer uncertain. This has been done often, and it is a winning formula, but it is nothing new.
But I did enjoy the acting all the way around. Hugh Grant is the standout, playing against his charming bloke persona, but also using it as part of a fairly complex personality. I thought the rest of them were fine, Donald Sutherland especially as infinitely rich curmudgeon.
If there is nothing that is really going to stay with me for long, I do like stylish murder mysteries, and this is one.
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Follow Ups
- 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)