2019 Show
Tom Perrotta · United States of America · English
Sexual exploration and coming-of-age for a multi-generational audience
Who do our children become once they leave the nest and enter the throes of early adulthood? Who do our parents become when we finally leave them by their lonesome? Many films and TV shows try to answer one question or the other, but rarely both at the same, and not with the kind of nuance, boldness, and compassion Mrs. Fletcher has for its characters. That’s what makes this limited series so comforting to watch, regardless of where you are in life right now. And because it’s often so emotionally exact, it can also be painful to watch–well, painful but healing. Like how astringents heal sore wounds, Mrs. Fletcher is the satisfying sting that validates your innermost hopes, fears, and desires at 19 or 39.
Empty nest divorcée Eve Fletcher reinvents her life to find the happiness and sexual fulfillment that’s eluded her, and her college freshman son Brendan.
"So sweet in its devotion to blemished characters, so charming in developing their experimental dalliances..."
— Ben Travers
"It's content to let Hahn fill each beat, no matter how empty, knowing that if all else fails, there's plenty of enjoyment to be had in watching someone who likes to watch."
— Allison Shoemaker
When Eve Fletcher (Kathryn Hahn) sends her son Brendan (Jackson White) off to college, they each go through a coming of age as Eve explores her sexuality for the first time in years while Brendan, a bully in high school, learns more about himself.
Kathryn Hahn, who seems to have mastered the art of playing a complex middle-aged woman perpetually in an emotional crisis (see: I Love Dick, Tiny Beautiful Things).
It’s great for parents and their teens to watch, just not together.
Renee Cuisia is the lead curator at A Good Movie to Watch. In her spare time, she likes to watch K-dramas and analyze them to death. She's also seen You've Got Mail one too many times but is still convinced it's one of the greatest films out there.
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