The Undoing Vs Big Little Lies

If big little lies was a roller coaster ride of drama twists and turns then the undoing is an entire theme park.

The undoing vs big little lies. A violent death a missing spouse and a. In the undoing producer screenwriter david e. This may be the biggest difference between big little lies and the undoing. Kelly s first show for hbo used themes of class to both illuminate and inform the plot the undoing wants to be seen as capital i.

The series is a looser adaptation of the source material than big little lies was but the characters of the undoing are based on those in you should have known and at least the first episode. But whereas big little lies the undoing creator david e. If you recently caught an episode of hbo s the undoing starring nicole kidman and hugh grant and thought to yourself it seemed awfully similar to big little lies you re not alone. Kelley and star nicole kidman offer a sort of east coast companion to their california coastal melodrama big little lies based on jean.

Big little lies was the right show at the right time. Sure they re both buzzy murder mysteries that revolve around wealthy familes but they also share some key dna. Kelley and bruna papandrea the powerhouse producer who s spent decades bringing women s stories to screens big. Besides having kidman as its star the undoing premiering sunday is written by david e.

Cnn the undoing owes debts to earlier. There is no reese witherspoon laura dern or meryl streep to distract us from the work at hand which is to figure. A glossy star packed surprisingly smart murder mystery it appeared just as it seemed hbo was devolving into the game of thrones channel and. Kelley big little lies and director susanne bier the night manager the new limited series focuses on nicole kidman s grace fraser a successful therapist and her devoted husband jonathan hugh grant and their young son who attends an elite private school in new york city a chasm opens in grace s seemingly perfect life.

From writer david e. The undoing features nicole kidman in a mystery that feels like big little lies lite hugh grant and nicole kidman in the undoing courtesy of hbo.