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Apr 18, 2021 · Our introduction to detective Mare Sheehan and her struggling hometown sets the table with tragedies past and present, and hints at even more to come. A recap of the premiere episode of Mare of...
Mare of Easttown review: Kate Winslet on stunning form in crime drama packed with suspense. The pilot episode, titled Miss Lady Hawk Herself, is a masterclass in character and world...
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Apr 18, 2021 · Miss Lady Hawk Herself: Directed by Craig Zobel. With Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice. A detective sergeant tries to solve a local murder case that threatens to tear a small town in Pennsylvania apart.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Craig Zobel
- 2021-04-18
1. Miss Lady Hawk Herself. Amid mounting pressure, Detective Mare Sheehan shoulders a directive to revive an unsolved missing person's case. 2. Fathers. Mare questions the suspects in a grisly murder case and gives an icy welcome to Colin Zabel, a county detective called in to assist. 3. Enter Number Two.
- Darkness on the East of Town.
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Nov 4, 2022 12:16 am
Posted: Apr 19, 2021 2:00 am
Mare of Easttown premieres Sunday, April 18 on HBO and HBO Max. This is a spoiler-free review.
HBO's new deliciously dreary crime series, Mare of Easttown, starring Oscar-winner Kate Winslet as an emotionally weighed-down detective in a blue-collar crevice of Pennsylvania, is a chilling and thrilling piece of Neo-noir.
Like famous Dennis Lehane books-turned-movies Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone, Mare of Easttown is a mystery that rests on the frustrated, reluctant shoulders of its unhappy characters, who are resentful of their monotonous lives and overwhelming responsibilities. It's superbly made and Winslet is a sluggish, bitter force as Mare Sheehan. Mare is Easttown's former high school basketball star, who now lives in a post-divorce world of ghosts -- both personal and professional. Not everything is spelled out right away in this first episode, "Miss Lady Hawk Herself," but the setup is grand and the ensemble is somewhat of a magnificent misery parade.
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Guy Pearce plays an out-of-towner who takes an immediate liking to Winslet's Mare, despite her best efforts to shun him and most everyone else around her. It'll be interesting to see (perhaps) how he creeps into her life as a romantic interest as the series progresses. She's so reluctant to allow herself any happiness that his adoration is almost immersion therapy. Naturally, we have all the reasons in the world to be suspicious of Pearce's character, but since he's one of the more notable faces in the cast he could just be a Red Herring, and proof that Mare isn't the only one to back away from a potentially good thing. The genre itself, like life, trains us as viewers to do the same.
The other story we follow in this premiere is teen mom Erin, played by Devs' Cailee Spaeny, who's beset on all sides by an abusive dad, a good-for-nothing baby daddy, and a local girl who wants to beat her ass. Erin and Mare's story run side by side, proving that age has nothing to do with characters finding themselves trapped in ruthless ruts. Erin does her best to soar towards her new opportunity while Mare, for all intents and purposes, just envisions nothing but dead-end days.
Mare of Easttown wallows, but it takes its wallowing seriously. It's a cunningly crafted mystery series, anchored by an awesome Kate Winslet performance, that manages to evade most cliches. The first episode opens up the landscape of the town so that we can be ready for the s*** to hit the fan by the end. After this, you feel like the series might ...
Apr 19, 2021 · "Miss Lady Hawk Herself" captures one day in the life of Mare (Kate Winslet), a police detective/grandmother/former high school basketball star, as well as her small Pennsylvania town...
Apr 19, 2021 · A shot she made in a basketball game 25 years ago still sees her known as Lady Hawk, but that says more about this sad town than the shot itself, as she tells Richard Ryan (Guy Pearce), an...
