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Mildred Pierce
Season 1 Premiere: Mar 27, 2011
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7.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
69
68% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
29% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
This is an epic portrait of a woman who's monumentally single-minded yet uncomprehending, and watching her rise and fall inspires a sick awe. [4 Apr 2011, p.50]
Is Veda what happens when we shelter children from economic realities? Is she a bitch because her father left? Or simply a bad seed? That we never really find out didn't ruin Mildred Pierce for me. The story, after all, isn't called "Veda Pierce," and what remains is a surprising amount of fun, given that we're talking divorce, Depression and dysfunction.
Film buffs will have a field day analyzing the themes: social climbing, postwar materialism, feminism, lousy parenting, etc. But this is not event TV like "Boardwalk Empire."
If you feel like you would like Mildred Pierce, in other words--if this kind of period piece is catnip to you--then I bet you will love Mildred Pierce. If not--well, at least, you might admire Haynes' enthusiasm.
The performance tends to be monochromatic, and in the end, so is Mildred Pierce. What's especially enjoyable here are the minor performances--especially Pearce as the louche Monty--and the many almost imperceptibly small details, right down to the crockery in a restaurant.
It's a five-part drama that is loyally, unwaveringly true to James M. Cain's 1941 novel and somehow not nearly as satisfying as the 1945 film noir that took shameless liberties with plot, characters and settings.
Over five-plus hours, the miniseries would have had time to explore every nuance. But there are so few that rise above artifice, and so little dramatic action driving the plot, that even an actor as talented as Ms. Winslet can hardly fill the dead spaces.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 49 User Ratings
7.4
78% Positive
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
12% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
10% Negative
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Production Company:
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Killer Films
- John Wells Productions
Initial Release Date: Mar 27, 2011
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 5 Wins & 21 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 11 Wins & 16 Nominations
