The daughter. Ugh. Without Toni Collette, I would have checked out early on because of the supremely annoying "30 year old" taking up valuable oxygen and screen time. I'm so sick of entitled brats thinking the world revolves around them and their delicate feelings. "Oooh poor me- I grew up in a loving family in a safe community next to the beach... how dare you Mom!" SMH first world problems. My mother would have slapped the snot out of me at 30 if I acted like that- my mother's life and choices before I was born are HER business and she can damn well tell me about it or not. Granted, if Mom had started communicating more at the beginning when danger was lurking, the producers couldn't have squeezed out 8 overlong episodes. But OBVIOUSLY the "adult" child can't handle anything remotely responsible so why bother? Could have been a better story without following around the idiotic daughter as much... plus her horrible hair was distracting. I think the show would have had more impact by trimming the fat and cleaning up the storyline. And casting- Young Jane is like 6 inches shorter than her older self. It's weird. I think the actress might be good in something else, but I didn't enjoy her portrayal in this... she just didn't give me a Collette vibe. And a lot of insinuation (or red herrings?) thrown in but don't go anywhere, so I can't tell if that's to imply a second season. I say don't bother- Charlie's gone and I never want to see daughter ever again. Ever.
Review of Pieces of Her
