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TV Miniseries: The Undoing
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, Noah Jupe, Donald Sutherland
Director: Susanne Bier
Streaming Platform: Disney+Hotstar
It was definitely Hugh Grant that interested us after seeing the promotion of this miniseries. We have not seen him in any other characters but for rom-coms. Here he was casted in different role, a psychological thriller nothing less. Add to this Nicole Kidman and we are sold. We are not sure whether these two actors paired up before.
WeReflect: A wealth psychologist, Grace Fraser lives seemingly perfect life with husband, Jonathan, a pediatric oncologist and teenage son, Henry who attends the expensive Reardon School. Her life turns up and down when Elena Elvis, another mom with whom Grace had brief contact was found bludgeoned to death. Sooner than later primary suspect turns out to be Jonathan. He had treated Elena's son Miguel of Wilms tumor in the past. Though confesses to infidelity Jonathan denies killing Elena. Not only that Grace also learns her husband has borrowed hefty money from her father without her knowledge and he has been fired from his job in the hospital for misconduct. Can Grace trust him after the colossal deception? Is he the murderer?
On the face of it 'The Becoming' is a well-made Whodunit thriller. On deeper level it deals with marriage, infidelity, cruelty, privileges, relationships. Grant gives a solid multilayered performance. We can't elaborate more without giving out the climax. Kidman is brilliant as Grace who tries very hard to keep her family together when everything around her is falling apart. With just six episodes it takes around 6 hours to binge on and that is what we did.
We added "You should have known" by Jean Haff Korelitz to TBR list as "The Undoing" was based on it.
