A-Season 1Big Little Lies proves that “women’s pictures” are for everyoneGwen Ihnat4/02/17 9:02pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkFrom the start of the series, the murder framing Big Little Lies—the intended draw—somehow became its least compelling…
B+Season 1Big Little Lies starts tearing down the walls of artificeGwen Ihnat3/26/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe beautiful homes on display in Big Little Lies aren’t there by accident: Their perfect facades bely the varying…
A-Season 1Big Little Lies is telling a vital story about abuseGwen Ihnat3/19/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWith this astonishing fifth episode of Big Little Lies, I keep thinking about all the reviews when it came out that…
B+Season 1Big Little Lies wages the mommy warsGwen Ihnat3/12/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhen I had my twins, I really struggled with the decision whether to stay home with them or not, knowing full well how…
ASeason 1A great Big Little Lies shows the softer side of RenataGwen Ihnat3/05/17 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkHere’s what Big Little Lies gets, and it’s even more compelling than its murder mystery: It’s the fact that being a…
A-Season 1Reese Witherspoon goes full-on Flick in Big Little LiesGwen Ihnat2/24/17 5:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEveryone who did not pick up on Reese Witherspoon’s Tracy Flick-ness last week, you get it now, right? Witherspoon’s…
A-Season 1Big Little Lies’ production and performances elevate its trashy mysteryGwen Ihnat2/19/17 10:20pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkMost TV pilots have to do a decent job of setting up the story to draw people in: With its cinematic cast, Big Little…
C+Oscar winners have rough sex and deadly secrets in Big Little LiesErik Adams2/15/17 12:20pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe bad behavior, explicit and implied, in HBO’s latest miniseries could fill a book. A bestseller from 2014, to be…
