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    Big Little Lies

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    TV Series    2017     Criminal drama    
    USA

    Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, and featuring tour de force performances by several top Hollywood actors, Big Little Lies is a darkly comic drama set in Monterey, CA that begins with a suspicious homicide at an elementary-school fundraiser. Though the victim and the perpetrator initially remain a mystery, it seems likely that the murder was spawned by rivalries and secrets surrounding three mothers: type-A stay-at-home mom Madeline Mackenzie (Reese Witherspoon), who harbors jealousy towards her ex's new, younger wife Bonnie (Zoe Kravitz), a yoga instructor with a Zen attitude; Madeline's best friend Celeste Wright (Nicole Kidman), a former corporate lawyer with a seemingly perfect marriage to a younger man (Alexander Skarsgard); and Jane Chapman (Shailene Woodley), a single mom with a dark past, whom Madeline and Celeste take under their wing. Intercut with interrogation-room insights of other parents and school staff -- who offer up a Greek chorus of gossip on the town's allegiances and rivalries, particularly revolving around Madeline and her nemesis, tech-exec career mom Renata Klein (Laura Dern) -- the story unspools over seven tense yet subversively funny episodes, revealing how each of the women had something to hide leading up to that one fateful night.

    Written byDavid E. Kelley
    CompanyHBOHBOHBO

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    Starring

    Nicole Kidman
    Reese Witherspoon
    Shailene Woodley
    Alexander Skarsgard
    Adam Scott
    Zoë Kravitz
    Laura Dern
    Santiago Cabrera
    Kathryn Newton
    Chloe Coleman
    P.J. Byrne
    Douglas Smith
    Martin Donovan
    Joseph Cross
    Hong Chau
    Meryl Streep
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