Hulu's distressing limited series holds its weight thanks to stars Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough, but it's the teens at the center of it who will truly petrify you.Teenagers are horrific—that much, we know. They’re a tornado of hormones, pheromones, acne, adolescence, mood swings, and frankly, bad taste.
But things were different in 1997. Popularity was defined by who had the new Biggie CD and whose parents had the most money. Growing up in the ’90s was brutal, and that all-consuming—and all-too-familiar—ferocity is on vivid display in, Hulu’s new limited series premiering April 17.
The series soars when it digs into the disquieting nuances of this kind of teenage wickedness. Alternating between two timelines—before and after Reena’s murder—we follow three of Reena’s attackers: Josephine Bell and her two underlings, Dusty and Kelly . All three of them met at Seven Oaks, a local foster home for young girls, which Kelly has since moved out of after rectifying her relationship with her family. For Josephine and Dusty, however, things are not that simple.
Keough is wiry and unpredictable as she tries to navigate the dark temptations of that relationship, while Gladstone is just as stoic and powerful as she was in last fall’s, her character occasionally takes a narrative backseat, especially as she wades deeper into the lives of the teenagers she’s studying.
But it’s Guidry’s Josephine who steals the show here, even away from veteran powerhouses like Gladstone and Keough. Her performance is both shockingly realized and completely recognizable; Josephine has the unmistakable essence of every troubled teenager I went to high school with, who broadcasts their mistakes as lawless wins. Guidry’s distressing performance is totally beyond her years.
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