Director: Sarah Adina Smith | Bert & Bertie | Millicent Shelton | Tara Miele
Starring: Brie Larson | Lewis Pullman | Aja Naomi King | Stephanie Koenig | Patrick Walker
Released: 2023
Rating: ★★☆
Starring: Brie Larson | Lewis Pullman | Aja Naomi King | Stephanie Koenig | Patrick Walker
Released: 2023
Rating: ★★☆
Super disappointing adaptation of the novel. Elizabeth Zott is reduced from a sharp-witted scientist to a barely functional grump for the first half of the series, Brie Larson overplaying the dysfunctional (as does Lewis Pullman as her lover) at the expense of a real character. A unnecessary new subplot is added at the expense of a on-target feminist one in the book, Six Thirty the dog is bizarrely only present for half an episode, and the whole things feels rushed despite TV allowing the luxury of time. The second half is more forgiving, and Alice Halsey great as Madeline Zott, but overall it is a badly missed opportunity.