SummaryAfter 30-year-old Andy Oliver (Bella Heathcote) and her mother Laura (Toni Collette) are involved in a violent incident in their small Georgia town, Andy searches for answers in this adaptation of Karin Slaughter's book of the same name.
SummaryAfter 30-year-old Andy Oliver (Bella Heathcote) and her mother Laura (Toni Collette) are involved in a violent incident in their small Georgia town, Andy searches for answers in this adaptation of Karin Slaughter's book of the same name.
Pieces of Her is well worth a watch if you like playing detective and with a stellar cast at its core – from Jessica Barden and Joe Dempsie, to Omari Hardwick and Gil Birmingham – this eight-part thrill-fest is a strong contender for the next title to top Netflix's streaming chart.
“Pieces of Her” isn’t perfect–it feels at once overstuffed and truncated–but it’s undeniably compelling television thanks to its strong cast and endless cache of surprises.
There's a pivotal incident during the first 10 minutes that's absolutely gripping and its consequences play out over the series. Toni Collette stars as the mother with a mysterious past. After ending up on TV, she and her daughter (Bella Heathcote) embark on separate journeys to solve the secrets and save their lives. Although it feels like a somewhat bland production based on Netflix algorithms, there are sufficient twists and dangerous encounters along the way to keep make it moderately tense. Interestingly, even though it's supposedly starts in a small Georgia town, this was actually shot in Australia. (Review based on 5 of 8 one-hour episodes)
It’s a show where the first episode is by far the best, because you can’t quite see the limits of their ambition yet. None of it quite makes sense, and while none of it is explicitly terrible, it’s not captivating either.
It’s a shame that this inert writing drags down most of the performers with it too. Heathcote blandly plays confusion for most of the series, which likely makes for a relatable protagonist on the page but a boring one on TV. ... Only Collette offers any interiority.
In all, “Pieces of Her” is at its best when it allows itself to remain a puzzle: Putting it together, with endless expositional flashbacks schematically setting up what began as an intriguing and emotionally engaging story, removes the show’s charge.
The time-shifts also dilute whatever suspense there is in Andy's ordeal, which becomes increasingly hard to believe or care about as Pieces of Her lurches to its puzzling anticlimactic finish. [14 - 27 Mar 2022, p.7]
"Pieces of Her" is most interesting when it wrestles with questions of identity and transparency. ... Unfortunately, creator Charlotte Stoudt ("Homeland") merely pricks those sharper edges, leaving us a grab bag of set pieces that never come together.
Une série à complot(s) en 8 épisodes qui peine énormément à avancer, vu qu’elle pédale dans la semoule dès le second épisode… D’autant qu’au lieu d’apporter quelques réponses, ce sont les interrogations qui se succèdent et se rajoutent à chaque nouvel épisode…
On n’y comprend rien du tout et c’est de pire en pire… car à mi-saison, encore de nouvelles questions comme si les scénaristes fatigués (et qui nous fatiguent) cherchaient à noyer le poisson, le temps de meubler encore davantage avec de la merde, le temps de se demander comment ils vont continuer comme ça…
« Comme ça », c’est-à-dire avec rien ou presque en guise d’intrigue ou de scénar à tiroirs (aux trois quarts vides), ce qui conduit à un ennui palpable et une lassitude regrettable. Dommage pour Toni Collette, une bonne actrice qui porte fièrement et naturellement son âge, contrairement à bien d’autres, devenues méconnaissables à force de passer régulièrement sur le billard des charcudocs.
Et « sa fille » dans la série est une jolie blondinette qui se débrouille fort bien ma foi. D’où mes deux points finalement : un point chacune ! parce que le reste, tout le reste franchement… mon dieu, mon dieu !