Wever infuses Frankie with a playful charm and easy wit, with her serenity being the source of her strength. There’s a version of this story where Frankie is a bland, one-dimensional saint, but thankfully, this is far from it. In many ways, Frankie is the opposite of Clare, possessing a quiet calmness that both complements and bumps against Clare’s louder, more wild ways. By the end of the series, I’d developed something of a Pavlovian response where the waterworks would start whenever she so much as appeared onscreen. There are a lot of things in this show that will make you cry, but Wever is likely to be the main culprit. A good majority of her scenes are shared with Merritt Wever - another criminally underrated talent - who plays her mother, Frankie. It should be noted, however, that Pidgeon doesn’t act alone. Pidgeon’s star has been steadily on the rise since The Wilds, and I’d be shocked if this doesn’t (rightfully) catapult her career to the next level. It’s easy to see the throughline between them - the ripple effect. Pidgeon fearlessly captures that same tricky yet crucial combination of fierce stubbornness and soul-baring vulnerability. It’s almost eerie how well her and Hahn’s portrayals line up, down to their facial expressions and mannerisms. Sarah Pidgeon has the daunting job of playing Clare throughout her teens and twenties when many of the events that fundamentally shaped her occurred: namely, her mother’s illness. In a way, it feels like every project that’s come before has been leading up to this role, allowing her to combine and showcase her wide range of skills within the same character.Īnd Hahn isn’t the only standout. It requires her to be funnier, deeper, and more layered than ever - to comfort an Alzheimer’s patient in a highly touching scene one moment before turning around and gaslighting her in a shockingly selfish move the next - and not only does she rise to the challenge, but she makes it look easy. Hahn is always phenomenal, but she’s never been better in what may very well be her most challenging role to date. These flashbacks, which always feel seamlessly woven in, serve as important touchstones for telling us why Clare started writing - and why she eventually stopped.īut make no mistake: This is still very much a singular performance. I’m pleased to report that Tiny Beautiful Things joins the ranks of these greats - and manages to do it twofold, focusing on Clare’s relationship with her daughter Rae ( Tanzyn Crawford) in the present day, as well as exploring her relationship with her own mother through flashbacks.
Lady Bird captured the complexities of the mother-daughter relationship back in 2017 with an authenticity I hadn’t seen before, and Everything Everywhere All at Once did it again last year. And I am an accomplished writer - even if I haven’t accomplished it yet.” These lines serve as a thesis statement of sorts to the dramedy that introduces us to Clare at a time when her family, writing career, and life, in general, are, to put it frankly, in shambles. “I am always three things,” our protagonist, Clare ( Kathryn Hahn), says toward the end of Episode 2 of Hulu's Tiny Beautiful Things.
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