ZillyPutty

As others have outlined, this is a story about an underachiever who gets fired from her temp job and comes home to find her boyfriend, Primo, sitting dead in front of the TV. She starts to learn about a colorful secret life that he had while with her and before meeting her.

The premise is interesting, but there is some unevenness to the delivery and unfortunately Heather Graham's delivery of lines is even worse. There is an attempt at dark comedy, but it is not subtle. That said, her adventure in discovering Primo's past via a diverse selection of his friends and family is watchable, especially since it is set in New York.

If you don't think about the Oscar awards/nominations for this film, you will probably find it to be a decent but flawed indie film. Decent: interesting story and good photography, decent acting by Madison, engaging acting by Burisov. The flaws: uneven pacing, uneven use of dark humor, fine but NOT award-winning acting by Madison or writing of her character.

I don't mean any disrespect to Madison, but I honestly don't understand why she won the best actress category for this film. Her character was not developed enough for her to earn that kind of praise, I'm afraid. I have to meet the minimum character requirement with this sentence.

I believe that there is an easy consensus that Paul Walter Hauser deserves all of the awards for his portrayal of the very twisted Larry Hall. Unfortunately for me, he is really the only one who consistently carried this series.

The writing is a bit tepid in various episodes and scenes, especially in the beginning, and feels a bit like a knockoff Guy Ritchie production at first. Mindhunter this isn't. And I hate to say it, but I found Liotta's acting to be a bit off. Kinnear was dependably good, and the always excellent Robyn Malcolm only has a small role. Egerton's appeal did improve over the course of the series.

That said, the story is quite intriguing and it is definitely a series worth bingeing. Hurrah; minimum character limit has been met!