Dec 11 2018SaveTV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend12/11/18ATV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend12/11/18My Brilliant Friend’s first season ends in as beautiful and wrenching a fashion as it beganAllison Shoemaker15SaveMoments of beauty in life are worth recognizing. A tree, alive with color, is glimpsed at the other end of a dark…
Dec 10 2018SaveTV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend12/10/18B-TV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend12/10/18Even when it’s uneven, My Brilliant Friend has plenty to sayAllison Shoemaker8SaveThere’s a moment in “I Fidanzati (The Fiancés)” when Miss Oliviero (Dora Romano) tells Lenú (Margherita Mazzucco)…
Dec 3 2018SaveTV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend12/3/18ATV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend12/3/18If only the sting of young love was My Brilliant Friend’s sole source of painAllison Shoemaker12SaveLenú sits alone on the beach, in the dark. The air is warm, the breeze off the ocean cool and sweet. The sand has…
Dec 2 2018SaveTV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend12/2/18B-TV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend12/2/18Everyone’s losing their mind on a workmanlike My Brilliant FriendAllison Shoemaker8SaveIn the course of telling any story through small, sequential segments, there will come a time when one has to simply…
Nov 26 2018SaveTV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend11/26/18B+TV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend11/26/18Fireworks and fraught relationships flare in a tense My Brilliant FriendAllison Shoemaker9SaveYou walk to work every day. You see the same things, the same people; you utter the same greetings, catch the same…
Nov 25 2018SaveTV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend11/25/18B+TV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend11/25/18Just like a real teen, My Brilliant Friend’s transition into adolescence can be roughAllison Shoemaker12SaveBlood. Pain. Swelling. Lumpiness. Sweat, tears, hair, and confusion. A young girl on the verge of young-womanhood…
Nov 19 2018SaveTV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend11/19/18ATV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend11/19/18My Brilliant Friend’s gripping second episode reminds us that some roads lead nowhereAllison Shoemaker15Save“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
Nov 18 2018SaveTV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend11/18/18A-TV ReviewsMy Brilliant Friend11/18/18Like a fascinating new companion, My Brilliant Friend immediately pulls you into its orbitAllison Shoemaker15SaveIt marks a major turning point in “Le Bambole (The Dolls)” when the daring Lila (Ludovica Nasti) stands in the…