Review by movieliker1

Pros ------- 1) Jessica Biel is terrific. Generally the acting is good. Elizabeth Banks does a good job. But Biel is on a level of her own.

(I personally have a hard time buying Elizabeth Banks as a drug addicted loser. Her real-life persona is always so upbeat, together, beautiful, successful, happy, etc.)

2) Good writing and dialogue.

3) Technically it's done well - cinematography, sound, music.

4) Beginning and ending episodes were good. (Slowed down in the middle.)

Cons -------- 1) For me, it really slowed down in the middle. Too much angst, individual problems, family problems, nothing was getting done, murder investigation was going nowhere.

The middle was all about dysfunction.

I felt like I was not the target audience for that part. I grew up in a good family. Are we perfect? Not in the least. But not as screwed up as this family and characters are.

I guess this appeals to much of America. With all its breakdown of the family, broken homes, single parents, etc. But I'm personally tired of it. Doesn't appeal to me.

The murder investigation was essentially put on hold in the middle episodes. The middle was mainly about dysfunction. Dysfunctional family, dysfunctional people, angst, dramatic music, etc.

Some viewers may like that. Seemed like a made for the Lifetime Channel series. But it picked up in the last 3/4 episodes as it got back to the murder investigation and trial.

6 out of 10 for me.