Movie #1373 "Olive Kittredge" -- this miniseries (4 parts - 2 discs) is based on the book "Olive Kittredge" by Elizabeth Strout, a rather dry but effective (to me) examination of the life of a math teacher (now retired) who had some sort of effect on most of the townspeople in this small town in Maine. She spent half of her life teaching, and the other half raising a boy and picking at him and her husband in her attempt to control most aspects of her life. She has a great love for gardening, and occasionally for people and animals. Is that it? The show presents that question and several others along the way. She is in ample hands with the actress Frances McDormand, who manages to squeeze out some humanity from this rather closed off, rigid person. I'm not going to recommend this for everyone -- I played a section of it to my family and they found her mostly annoying and mean so they couldn't get into the show very much, so I'm not sure if it helps to have read the book and valued that some what before seeing this. I think that is a possibility. Also, you might like it if you don't expect to LIKE the major character and just go with the flow of the character study. However, if you expect to like and care about the main character in the film/show you are watching, I don't think I recommend this particular one to you. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars. I find I am thinking about this one a lot more than other shows/films I have seen lately.
"OLIVE KITTERIDGE" 2014 1 SEASON 4 OUT OF 5 STARS
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