Nevermind whether or not this 6-part drama is a modern day adaptation of Anna Karenina, The Beautiful Lie is simply one of the best series productions made in Australia.
Netflix subscribers can probably thank Sarah Snook's rise to world stardom for this 2015 series resurfacing. As the central character Anna, a former tennis champion who engages in a turbulent affair, Snook demonstrates just why she was destined to make it big. She is simply outstanding.
Notwithstanding, the series is littered with accomplished performances by a perfectly cast ensemble featuring a number of Australia's finest.
The story unfolds a little like a Choose Your Own Adventure, with characters each facing moments of truth, and subsequently finding growth and renewal, or suffering the consequences of their choices.
Surprisingly, the ending being foretold at the beginning does not mitigate the tenseness of the final act. If anything, watching the inevitable train wreck unfold is all the more heartbreaking.
Netflix subscribers can probably thank Sarah Snook's rise to world stardom for this 2015 series resurfacing. As the central character Anna, a former tennis champion who engages in a turbulent affair, Snook demonstrates just why she was destined to make it big. She is simply outstanding.
Notwithstanding, the series is littered with accomplished performances by a perfectly cast ensemble featuring a number of Australia's finest.
The story unfolds a little like a Choose Your Own Adventure, with characters each facing moments of truth, and subsequently finding growth and renewal, or suffering the consequences of their choices.
Surprisingly, the ending being foretold at the beginning does not mitigate the tenseness of the final act. If anything, watching the inevitable train wreck unfold is all the more heartbreaking.
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