★★★★½
In its first few moments, as Kate Winslet’s police detective Mare Sheehan schlubs around in the chill early morning air, greeted by first name by overly familiar neighbours with petty gripes,
Mare of Easttown made me think of nothing so much as the Coen Brothers’ 1996 film
Fargo. Right down to the fact that, heck, there’s only a letter’s breadth between Mare and Marge Gunderson, that film’s endearingly folksy cop.
But as Mare’s true nature swiftly reveals itself, it’s another brilliant Frances McDormand character who comes to mind: Mildred in
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Mare is every bit as ornery, prickly, and determined to right injustices as the bereaved mother of Martin McDonagh’s superb 2017 film.
The Oscar-winning actor is utterly believable as a broken, blunt-talking cop investigating a murder by Glenn Sumi on April 12th, 2021 at 6:00 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
Mare of Easttown
Starring Kate Winslet. Seven episodes begin streaming Sunday (April 18) on Crave.
Mare Of Easttown, HBO’s gritty new murder mystery, is a limited series consisting of seven episodes, five of which were available for critics to review. But its characters and setting are so well-developed and entertaining that I could easily watch another couple of seasons.
Kate Winslet plays the eponymous detective investigating the murder of Erin (Cailee Spaeny), a troubled teenage single mom. Easttown is such a small Pennsylvania town that Mare knows everyone involved in the case, including Erin, her ex-boyfriend and father of their infant son, and Erin’s volatile dad. The night of her murder, Erin was captured on video with some of the town’s other teens, including Mare’s own daughter, Siobhan (Angourie
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