Will somebody give a woman a MOMENT!
yells Laura Dern, flashing one middle finger through her Teslas sunroof and another middle finger out the window.
Derns driving angry fast with no hands on the wheel, which sums upBig Little Liesseason 2.
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Heres an emotionally delicate miniseries fired through a T-shirt cannon into franchisehood.
Reese Witherspoons Madeline works in real estate now, which meansmorecoastal homes for the camera to worship.
Theresmoreof Alexander Skarsgards abusive Perry, who lives via flashbacks, dreams, found footage.
Hes dead; hes everywhere.
Its fun to see Streep cross Oscar lightsabers with Witherspoon and Kidman.
And its horrific watching Celestes (Kidman) residual trauma.
Theyre suffering 1-percenter economic setbacks youd expect from lush prime-time trash.
The next, shes declaring I will NOT not be rich!
and thats a moment of relative quiet.
Dern is very funny, Kidman is intensely moving.
Between those twin peaks, the new activity can feel hit or miss.
Kelley conceived season 2 with Liane Moriarty, who wrote the original novel.
Bonnie suffers the arrival of her mother, Elizabeth (Crystal Fox).
So thatstwoplotlines about pushy moms.
I think that Kelley and Moriarty are attempting to react to a broader season 1 complaint.
That line suggests the wrong kind of self-awareness, a way of acknowledging criticism without fully acting on it.
Good lord, his name is Corey.
Theres a lot to enjoy, though.
Director Andrea Arnold crafts a complicated portrait of women trying (maybe failing?)
Was its happy ending the biggest little lie of all?
This just-okay continuation forms a moral inquiry: What happens after women slay the toxic masculinity dragon?
Lifes no better, surely, for poor Amabella (Ivy George), TVs most doomed kid.
Now the onetime bullying victim is a second grader suffering panic attacks over global warming.
Pray for Amabella, friends, or bless her with your rocks.
Shes the only future weve got.
