Lisey's Story

Apple TV+ | Release Date: June 4, 2021

6.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Ratings

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JLuis_001Jul 18, 2021

When I read Lisey's Story almost 14 years ago, it was one of the hardest books by Stephen King to read.

At that time I was 16, so I really didn't have an understanding of what a marriage in which you have shared so much with another personWhen I read Lisey's Story almost 14 years ago, it was one of the hardest books by Stephen King to read.

At that time I was 16, so I really didn't have an understanding of what a marriage in which you have shared so much with another person meant.
When I read it again in my mid-20's, I already had more life experience, so Lisey's Story managed to get a different meaning from me.

However, and even considering that I've always said the source material and the film are separate entities, I cannot deny that this adaptation by Pablo Larraín was far from satisfactory, and far from what the director has shown that he can do.

The series is incredibly well filmed. I loved the colors of Boo'ya Moon and loved the sobriety of the real world. But that's perhaps the most remarkable thing about it, because everything else just wasn't there.
The time management imposed by Larraín is bad and never achieves a sustained pace.
The editing was worse, especially since there are eight episodes, but they all end in an incredibly abrupt way. It's as if when editing the material they didn't know where to cut. Like a big 8-hour film
Anticlimactic moments are constant.

And the performances. What can I say about the performances? Just isappointing. Very disappointing.
Julianne Moore doesn't even make an effort. Clive Owen has one good moment or two, but his involvement is very short.
Joan Allen has a complicated character, but her performance never feels believable, Jennifer Jason Leigh is basically there as furniture while Dane DeHaan delivers an excessive perfomance, failing miserably in his portrayal of a psychopath.
That's the weakest link in this miniseries, and one of the elements that ends up making it the unexceptional story it ends up being.

I really thought this would be one of the few good adaptations of Stephen King, but not even with him on board writing the scripts it was possible.… Expand

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