mehdi_esh Khanomi: Big little lies (TV mini series) , is about the lies we tell to ourselves and others in every day of life. In our mind, we are the one who has hardness and problems as we are not able to see other's difficulties and problems in their privacy.The story approaches to its characters as "human being" with all their faults, fears & goodness.

Brave-Traveler.asf (Brave_TraveIor) I heard a lot of hype and had reasonably high expectations for this series because I happen to be a fan of the creator, David E. Kelley, but I found it a bit boring and predictable. But I'll give it its dues!!!! The acting is a absolutely brilliant!!! I mean it, nicole Kidman and skarsgard are incredible, and I felt the emotional impact of the scenes but I wasnt shocked with the ending to really call it a twist. Maybe thats because I heard so much hype pertaining to this series. I should add it's hard for me to get bored but I notice more binge watching.Its definitely watchable and deserves a watch but by all means I don't think this fits in with a rewatch. I just think this series was a bit too overrated for me at least. I am a David E. Kelley fan, however, so I was a bit underwhelmed.

Mateja Djedovic Small, upper-middle class communities have been in the cross hairs of artists for a very long time. Beginning (perhaps) with such great novels as "Middlemarch" or "Cranford" by way of "Payton Place" and "The Stepford Wives", the provincial suburb way of life with its intricate feuds, seething resentments, and amicable facades has proved a fertile ground for psycho-sociological studies on the nature of human relationships as well as for some gloriously snarky satire. Sadly, one of the latest of them, "Big Little Lies", doesn't have much of either. Telling the story of three different women living in the same small town on the Californian coast, it is decidedly milquetoast in its approach to a series of subjects better covered by better writers in better films, shows, books etc. Fond memories of "Pleasentville", "Happiness", "Desperate Housewives", and the works of Alexander Payne came flooding by as I watched a series of highly predictable storylines unfold before my eyes. The show frames itself as a mystery of sorts with a "Damages" style narrative constantly flipping between the future and the present, coyly refusing to tell us who the victim is. However, I'd figured it out before the first episode was through, as I did the identity of Jane's rapist, the reason for Madeline and Ed's lack of sexual charge, and who the mysterious school bully is. This is not because I am an oh-so-clever-boy, but because - as anyone who's ever watched an episode of "Pretty Little Liars" can tell you - this is all kids' stuff. In fact, the only reason I couldn't figure out the identity of the killer is because it is such an enormous cheat. But none of this is the show's biggest problem. The biggest problem is its downright tragic lack of bite. Despite what its promotion says, "Big Little Lies" is not a thriller, and as such I wouldn't have minded the predictable, cliched story had it had a genuinely ballsy, witty, original approach to it. But by the end of the series I'd seen nothing I hadn't seen a dozen times before. In fact, the whole procession has a distractingly shiny veneer of mediocrity to it. Despite quite a lot of promising elements (such as the two-faced Greek chorus of other suburbanites) the show has no real edge to it and most of its humour is on the level of a network sitcom. Predictable, coy, and safe. All great satires (listed above) have a strong edge to them, the kind of humour that would immediately insult the person it describes. However, if any of the characters of "Big Little Lies" watched the show I doubt they would even bat an eyelid. Writer David E. Kelly writes every scene with kit gloves and the end result is a series so nice and inoffensive and lacking in satire that it becomes instantly forgettable. Skeletons in the closet have never been so rose-coloured. Another issue is the fact that nothing really happens in the show until the final 15 minutes. When the series was over and I stopped to think about it all I realised that all of the show's big events happen in parts one and eight with two to seven serving up some good character development but very little else. A good dramatist could have made a tight two-hour movie out of this novel. Thankfully, the execution is slightly better. First of all, I do have to note that I found director Jean-Marc Vallée's style horrendously distracting. His modernist approach to editing that seems to entail removing any scene in which we actually see a character walk across the room from point A to point B simply made me confused and feel like I was having blackouts. He's also another member of the Luc Besson school of directing which says that your audience will immediately tune out unless you're either moving your camera or cutting rapidly and for no apparent reason. Never-the-less, the cast is top notch and that's what saves this show. And yes, I mean saves, because for all its faults and flaws, it does boast an impressive cast which is fun to watch. Most of all that's Reese Witherspoon, one of the very best actresses to show up in the 90s. She's been one of my favourite Hollywood stars since her brilliant turn in Alexander Payne's "Election" and this is one of her very best parts. She plays Madeline, the show's neurotic centre. She's like the sun around which all other plots and characters revolve and there's no better actress alive today to play such a role. Witherspoon, with her nervous energy, natural magnetism, and endless with and charm, carries the role (and with the series) with mesmerising ease and grace. She's a joy to watch (as ever) and she's also hilarious to boot. It's a superb performance. Another terrific turn comes from Nicole Kidman, unexpectedly subdued and subtle. Her Hollywood years have almost made me forget how good an actress she really is and she manages to convey a lot with very little playing the abused Celeste. Finally, there's Shailene Woodley, a relative newcomer managing to stay afloat next to two greats with seeming absolute ease. She doesn't dominate the show the way Witherspoon does nor is her performance as impressive as Kidman's, but she does a very commendable and believable job especially in the scenes where she has to fight for her son. The supporting cast is equally as good led by the always terrific Laura Dern who provides the show with its only remotely satirical performance. She hams it up delightfully as the obnoxious rich bitch Renata Klein. Her scenes with Witherspoon are electric. Also great are Alexander Skarsgård, terrifying and infuriating as Celeste's abusive husband, Adam Scott and Jeffrey Nordling, Madeline's two husbands (one current, one ex, respectively) battling it out for her affection, and P.J. Byrne as the local school's long-suffering principal. Unexpectedly, they also found some wonderful child actors out of which Darby Camp stands out the most as Madeline's precocious daughter. She got most laughs out of me than anyone else. Overall, the big question after "Big Little Lies" is why does it exist. As it didn't tell me anything new and it wasn't particularly inventive or innovative, the only reason I can think of is that it was made as some sort of a platform for Witherspoon, Kidman, and Woodley to flex their acting muscles. But, if not exactly noble, that's not a bad raison d'être. All three are a joy to watch and hoenstly, I've been hoping for a Reese Witherspoon TV show for ages now, so I'm in. I do wish that the script had that Alexander Payne bite to it, though, because this could have been something truly brilliant. As it stands, it's diverting, fun, and, in the end, thought provoking, but after you're done thinking about all the issues brought up by the show you'll find you've already forgotten about the show itself.

iamalex-ooah Ok. So I don't usually leave reviews on IMDB, because my English is not so good. Also, I'm a female. I think in this case it might make a role, although I'm not too different from humans with penises instead of vaginas. The difference is that humans with penises also have more testosterone and God knows what, which makes for them anger be more socially appropriate emotional expeession than sadness, fear, care, well, any other. This is a very important show. Not only aesthetically, brilliant acting, sometimes questionable but sometimes very well placed music, story, but also the fact that it exists. Me myself used to live with abusive husband, who didn't look like evil or movie image of abusive husbands, who looks like typical hipster with dreadlocks and tattoos. Yet I cried all scenes with Nicole Kidman, how beliavable she was, how much I could relate to her character. Ofcourse this review is emotional, it's supposed to be that. But the fact that this show exist and yes, I didn't buy the last plot twist, irl he would go to court to get custody and probably he would get it, because such a nice fellow he is. And for most of people who never meet anything like that (lucky ones) it seems that it isn't real. But it is. And thanks to HBO and random article about latest roles of Nicole Kidman I knew about this show. It's empowering. Thank you.