SteveAWOL
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I watched this superb mini-series over the past couple of evenings and couldn't find an existing thread, so...
Olive Kitteridge | Sky.com
Olive Kitteridge: Season One - Rotten Tomatoes currently 95% on the Tomatometer
Olive Kitteridge | Sky.com
The series, which stars Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand and Academy Award® nominees Richard Jenkins and Bill Murray, is based on Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer prize-winning novel and has been directed by Lisa Cholodenko and written by Emmy®-winner Jane Anderson.
Critical praise for the series has been overwhelmingly positive, with The Daily Telegraph commenting that "Frances McDormand brought to life the most indelible female character" and the Financial Times feeling that "this page-to-screen conversion is a winner".
Olive Kitteridge tells the poignantly sweet, acerbically funny and devastatingly tragic story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive (McDormand), whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. Jenkins portrays Olive's husband, Henry.
The story, which spans 25 years over the four parts, focuses on Olive, a middle-school math teacher, and her relationships with Henry, the good-hearted town pharmacist, their son Christopher, who chafes at his mother's parenting style, and other denizens of their community.
Olive Kitteridge: Season One - Rotten Tomatoes currently 95% on the Tomatometer