‘Mare of Easttown’ review: Kate Winslet delivers masterclass in character building
The HinduThe best crime fiction transcends its genre limitations by using the crime as a character study. Like all good investigators in fiction, Mare is dealing with multiple personal problems while solving a homicide and following up on a teenager’s disappearance a year ago. Mare of Easttown Season: 1 Episodes: 7 Creator: Brad Ingelsby Starring: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, David Denman, Neal Huff, Guy Pearce, Cailee Spaeny, John Douglas Thompson, Joe Tippett, Evan Peters, Sosie Bacon, James McArdle Storyline: A detective in a small town investigates a murder and a disappearance While the murder mystery runs along familiar whodunit lines of red herrings and suspects galore, it is the character study of small town America and its denizens that one is invested in. With her husband marrying again, her musician daughter Siobhan, thinking of leaving Easttown to study at Berkeley, fighting a custody battle with Carrie, for Mare’s grandson, Drew, and a writer, Richard courting her, Mare has enough and more on her plate. Beautifully shot by Ben Richardson in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Brad Ingelsby’s Mare of Easttown is a fascinating, binge-worthy show.