Where to find it: Apple TV+
Length: Seven 50-minute episodes
Synopsis: An emotive drama about the grey area between truth and lies
Recommendation rating: 2/5
What I like about it: themes, acting, direction
What I don’t like about it: grim, belabours its point
Review:
The latest Alfonso Cuarón project explores the impact of narratives and of true stories’ obfuscation of truth. An upper-middle-class Londoner’s precarious marriage is overturned by a vengeful storyteller armed with an old secret. Like Netflix’s Ripley, it has good acting and great directing (if you like shots of the sunset) but its tiresome pretension and meandering pointlessness make it hard to recommend.
Content notes (may contain spoilers): sex (too much), death by drowning, bereavement, protracted sexual assault in final episode