Creators:
Nick HornbyDirected by:
Stephen FrearsScreenplay:
Nick HornbyCinematography:
Mike EleySeasons(2) / Episodes(20)
Plots(1)
A series about contemporary relationships. Each episode is set in a pub immediately before Louise and Tom have their weekly marital therapy session. As the recently estranged couple ply themselves with drink and prep for their first encounter with their therapist the first clues as to what has caused the fissure in their relationship emerge: an affair. (HBO Nordic)
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Polished dialogue with perfect acting, but be warned – the ten-minute episodes are tempting, but you'd better not watch too many of them in a row; keep your distance between them or you'll feel like the characters are trying to talk you to death. And that would be a shame, because State of the Union is a fine series.
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Ten scenes of settled married life "after many years" that would fit a theatrical bill, but it doesn’t quite work in the form of a series. Also even though there's a line or moment in every episode that's dead on and you'll recognize yourself in it, instead of silence or annoyance, it seamlessly transitions into more theatrical nonstop chatter from the characters. Of course, it is watchable, both performers fit their roles, Hornby conjures up a line here and there that will make you laugh bitter-sweetly, but it still should have been on the theatre as a whole show and not a series with the runtime of a Saturday morning cartoon.
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