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Mar 12, 2022The PlaylistMar 12, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Navigating a case that grabbed headlines because it plays out like a YA tragedy without leaning into the spectacle isn’t easy, but “The Girl From Plainville” digs beneath the familiar images of Michelle Carter’s severe brows in court and offers a perspective that isn’t just a true-crime retelling. If you are looking for solid answers, then you will likely be disappointed — but in a year of limited series tackling stories from the last decade, this is one of the most captivating so far.
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Apr 1, 2022
Mar 29, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The Girl From Plainville is a nuanced look at a sensational case that played out with the usual media-induced broad strokes. It may be too nuanced for people looking for a show that utilizes those broad strokes, but the approach will probably be appreciated by those tired of campy true-crime scripted series.
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Mar 24, 2022
Season 1 Review:
If you have a low tolerance for cringe, “The Girl from Plainville” may push the wrong buttons, but the peek it provides into the adolescent psyche, even psyches as medicated as Michelle’s and Coco’s, is vivid. ... That their virtual existence served as a reality for them is the point, but it’s a little confusing to determine where in time the series is happening from moment to moment. The performances, however, are for the most part superb.
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Mar 23, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The eight-episode miniseries doesn’t reevaluate or answer any legal or psychological mysteries about the so-called “texting suicide case,” nor does it take sides on the legal issues. But, with a bit of fictional license, it deepens our perceptions of those involved.
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Mar 28, 2022
Season 1 Review:
“The Girl From Plainville” starts to feel a bit like a “Law & Order” rerun once it enters the courtroom (not that anything is wrong with “Law & Order” reruns). ... To the series’ credit, it doesn’t sensationalize a case that’s already hard to believe. At the story’s core remains the kind of mystery that resists easy solutions, the kind that aren’t provided and don’t belong here.
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Mar 12, 2022
Season 1 Review:
While the facts mostly remain the facts (though there’s the standard disclaimer about some of the names and events having been changed), and while it offers new context for those less familiar with the real-life events, the series is ultimately more curious than compassionate towards Michelle.
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IndieWireMar 12, 2022
Season 1 Review:
“The Girl from Plainville” is another standard Hulu true crime series. When it has the opportunity to weave a narrative, away from the confines of a courtroom, it’s impossible to look away. It’s dreamy, disturbing, and impeccably acted by Fanning and Ryan. But it too often falls into the Hulu trap of simply reenacting, presenting the facts and little more.
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Mar 29, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The strange case of Michelle Carter turns out to have been better suited to a documentary than a drama, as The Girl From Plainville -- Hulu's stark, spare eight-episode series -- proves too inward and clenched, despite Elle Fanning's convincing portrayal of the central player in the "texting suicide" case.
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