A perfect life is a perfect lie.
The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
- Sexual violence
- Harm to children
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Contemporary, spare, grave and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Nicole KidmanCeleste Wright
- Reese WitherspoonMadeline Mackenzie
- Shailene WoodleyJane Chapman
- Laura DernRenata Klein
- Alexander SkarsgårdPerry Wright
- Adam ScottEd Mackenzie
- James TupperNathan Carlson
- Zoë KravitzBonnie Carlson
- Meryl StreepMary Louise Wright
- Iain ArmitageZiggy Chapman
Crew
- David E. KelleyCreator
- T. Rafael CiminoWriter
- Liane MoriartyNovel
- T. Rafael CiminoProducer
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Seasons
- Season 17 eps · 2017
- Season 27 eps · 2019
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