There are more broken people on the streets than we think
I don't see the point in retelling the book. Let me just say that the series is more of a drama. It is about how fragile the human psyche is. Not all doctors are healthy themselves. About the indifference of loved ones, which can be decisive.
If we talk about the merits of this picture, then it should be noted:
A cast that has done a great job and characters that you believe in from the first minute. Designed and interesting, not perfect, but not repulsive.
Timekeeping that prevents the viewer from falling asleep. Extend this plot of the series by 10 and it would not be the same.
- drama, not bloated out of nothing, it is not put in the viewer's face deliberately, wanting to squeeze a tear.
When it comes to disadvantages,
- I lacked a psychiatrist's job, some subtleties, some skill. In fact, the doctor comes in, asks a few questions, and the answers throw us into the flashback. The doctor's leaving. The doctor comes and asks a few questions. This is where all the work of the doctor ends.
- some points remained unsolved, proven, from that you do not understand a little, and why it was at all.
The 2021 British mini-series Too Close consists of just three episodes, each lasting 40 minutes. And he certainly deserves to spend time on it.
“Too Close” is the story of two women. One of them is a mad-looking young woman who will soon be tried for attempting to murder her own child and a neighbor's daughter. One night, she sat two children in the back seats of a car and drove into the water from a bridge. The other is a forensic psychiatrist who must determine the degree of guilt first.
In the course of the plot, we learn what caused the young seemingly happy mother and wife to turn into a balding and mentally unstable woman. We learn that her life has changed dramatically since the appearance of a beautiful gay girl next door. They begin to be friends and, it would seem, see in each other soul mates. But the development of their relationship is not at all as one would expect. . .
On the other hand, we will get acquainted with the psychiatrist’s personal life and learn that her life is also filled with sadness. And the cause of her grief is perhaps even worse than what happened to her patient.
Too Close is a criminal thriller that turns into a psychological drama. A drama that will make you reevaluate your own life and rethink your mental health.
In 2021, the Australian series Madness in Wakefield was also released – its main message is the idea that each of us at any time in our lives can lose control of our own minds. Therefore, one should not be categorical about people experiencing an acute crisis. The British project “Too Close” also largely echoes this idea.
If you discard the details of the family vicissitudes of the main characters, it turns out that we are just two ordinary women broken by life circumstances. Perhaps we are all broken and only successfully pretend that everything in our lives is in order. . .
There are different duels. Including those when the weapon is intelligence, and at stake is not only human life, but the whole truth about the past.
At first glance, everything looks simple. A mother who quite consciously tried to send her child plus a friend’s child to the other world, if not to go to prison for thirty years, then she certainly expects to settle in a psychiatric hospital for the rest of her life. Calculates, of course, not she, well, the criminals, as well as posing a danger to the surrounding psychos are not particularly and ask about their wishes when it comes to punishment for the crime they committed.
Of course, from the point of view of the healthy part of civilized modern society, staying in a medical institution dealing with mental disorders is no punishment at all, well, you can not, in fact, send a not quite sane person to prison for a long time just because he tried to kill someone there or did something similar. Moreover, in hospitals for such cases, the bars on the windows are also available, and the period of stay in them is not limited to any time frame.
If from the very beginning there was a conversation about the duel, it will not be superfluous to present themselves converged in the duel.
On one side of the barrier is an exhausted woman involved in an attempted infanticide. On the other hand, there is also a woman called upon by law to conduct a psychiatric examination of a woman accused of such a serious crime.
During regular conversations and conversations between them, more than once or twice, there is a feeling that it is the accused who is the psychiatrist and that she is tasked with extracting all the skeletons from the closet of the doctor opposing her. And what exactly and how will eventually be extracted and presented to the audience will be reflected in the rating level based on the assessments made by these same viewers based on the results of acquaintance with the materials submitted to their court.
Dr. Emma Robertson (Emily Watson), reluctantly takes on the case of a certain Connie Mortensen (Denis Gough) - 'Bloody Mommy' - as she obligingly managed to christen the media. Dr. Emma works as a forensic psychiatrist, she's seen all sorts of things in her lifetime. But the story of the new ward, even she seems creepy and disgusting. Connie is suspected of intentionally causing serious harm to the health of two girls aged six, one of whom is her own daughter.
On the night of the crime, Connie put her daughter and her friend, who were sleeping in the same house, in a car, drove to the embankment and, ramming through the emergency fence, flew from the bridge into the river. Luckily, there was a driver who was watching the accident. When they pulled out the car, it turned out that the mother, at least hens - except for bruises and abrasions, nothing, but the girls were less lucky. They had to be resuscitated and put into an artificial coma to save them. Now they lie with tubes, under droppers, connected to medical devices.
What prompted the mother to commit such a crime? That's what dr should find out. Emma for three episodes of the miniseries to then appear in court as an expert. The case is complicated by the fact that Connie claims to remember nothing. However, the investigation knows that shortly before the tragedy, her husband left her for a friend, whose daughter was in the car with her daughter Connie that night. It was a friend of the family and her, Connie, a best friend named Ness. There is a motive for revenge, but is it clear?
Denis Gough's work as half-mad Connie is more than convincing. The plot is not only dramatic, but also with elements of a thriller. Without condemning the heroine D. Gough, one wonders whether everything is good with society, which gives most of the problems of a personal nature to psychiatrists and pharmaceuticals. Should we change something?
A forensic psychiatrist (Emily Watson) must give an opinion about her patient (Denis Gough), who claims to remember nothing. Psychological British mini-series that turns the attitude to the hero with each series will definitely appeal to fans of this genre. At first glance, it seems that the main task of the viewer is to figure out whether Constance simulates a lapse in memory in order to avoid punishment for what he did or not. But all this fades into the background, because in fact what is important is what preceded this crime, and here we have to look carefully, because, unfortunately, this can happen to anyone.
“Too Close” is not a series about a psychiatrist and a patient, it’s a series about two broken women (“and why don’t only broken people walk down the street?” asks Constance at the session) whose circumstances in their lives led them to the state in which they are at the moment. And not only does Emma help Kony to remember and reconcile with her inner “demons”, but Kony, seeing through Emma, reading it as an open book, heals her from old wounds, so preventing her from living. Denis Gough (Constance) impressed me with her acting, so vivid, memorable and most importantly, sincere. The transformation of Kony from a cheerful, happy woman, which we see in flashbacks, into a broken lonely person, faced with betrayal and serious psychological breakdowns, managed Denis Gough to fame. Emily Watson (Chernobyl, Little Women, Breaking the Waves) is also beautiful as a forensic psychiatrist struggling with her problems, her pain.
“Too Close” is a confident but slightly drawn-out series that shows how indifference from others, betrayal and the wrong drugs lead to terrible consequences.
Sometimes a man catches his wife with a lover. Well, he's got a swelling in his head, his heart popping out of his chest. Bang-bang! And two bodies... Wakes up, runs to us. Repents. So they say, citizens, execute me - I killed my wife! And vice versa. A person will think about everything leisurely how to do it and take it away from himself or even worse - to point at someone else. Prepare everything in advance, do it in cold blood, and go to the bottom. I know nothing, I know nothing, but you, dear detective eagles, look for the ground with your nose. But find the murderer, the only man I have ever loved. . .
'The meeting place cannot be changed', 1979, dir. S. Govorukhin
The beginning of this picture is a terrible tragedy. Further storytelling is just an attempt to comprehend what happened.
For forensics, it's always that - or-or. There's no third. If the case is of a criminal nature, then you have to spin in space - guilty - not guilty. Determine the severity, consider ' side effects ' - that is, mitigating circumstances, and also take into account the sanity of the offender. What was the emotional state at the time? Are we not dealing with a nervous shock? Whether mental excitement has become a provoking factor And so on, depending on what you did. If the psyche is weak - compulsory treatment in the hospital. If the head is strong, the prison term is atonement for what he did for many years.
Two women, in us spectators, their fates. Forensic psychiatrist in a series of conversations with a patient. To cure? Or do I have to do it? Resonant case received publicity in the media by dissection of a specialist. Questions, observation, analysis, conclusions. It's simple. Amnesia or simulation? Extreme psychosis or cold calculation? What, what, what?
The series is in three parts with a timekeeping of 50 minutes. Three equal portions for absorption. Breakfast, lunch, dinner? Yeah, almost. Eat, think, digest. Back to dinner. Looking forward. With desire. And the feeling of hunger, believe me, the director guarantees you. It's on the screen. And dramatic flares of love, and the criminal component in the analysis of the debris, and the intrigue of a thriller for a gallows loop or straitjacket grief mother.
I am pleased with the textual sound of this tape. Many phrases and conclusions do not just draw attention to themselves, but breathe freshness of thought. Taking into account the fact that they are mostly embedded in the mouth of Connie (this is what she is diagnosed with), you understand that you are dealing with an extraordinary personality, the intelligence of this lady is clearly not for a plebeian housewife. Here are just a few for the viewer:
Betrayal begins with disappointment (about the bond of marriage);
- Smoking - a sign of incredible weakness (bad habits);
- You no longer live, you only move.
- And my hair said, "Well, we're out of here." . .
So who is the psychiatrist and who is the patient? The first episode is slaps in the slap of a light esculapus. She's being read one or two times. She (Emma) is an open book. It's just stitched through. And the shock in her eyes... And even a slight intoxication from shots. Bring yourself to your senses from the nagging words. At least somehow recover from the shock. This is how it is!
Pay attention to this movie. It won't disappoint. This is love, from the most unexpected side, for all of us. What do you want me to do? What's up? Who? With her, with that love! Yours, someone else's. Take it for granted. Oh, how painful you are!
Are there flaws? In my opinion, no. The perfect work of the whole team. The actors in the main arias are by the highest standards. Singing is much easier. But they have to do that.
It won't get any easier for me and you won't, but that's not the point.
It's a British miniseries, three episodes of 47 minutes I swallowed in one evening. I couldn’t get away from the snarky psychiatric drama where there are two tragedies and no negative characters.
One night, during a terrible thunderstorm, Connie was responsible for the accident. She faces a deadline, and she herself does not remember anything.
'Hello, I'm your forensic psychiatrist,' says Emma as she enters the cell room to a creepy, shabby monster who just a few months ago was a blossoming blonde with a reference set ' life was a success' To be honest, Dr. Robertson doesn't look much better than a patient. The viewer (female) of two series of three will be puzzled how she was generally allowed to this work. A woman with psychotrauma, clearly unable to cope with her own problems, poorly controlling her cravings for smoking and completely losing her temper when it comes to alcohol, taking antidepressants. The latter in this story are a constant background and are an important element of the plot.
Gradually, the point of view will change, not to turn 180 degrees, but to turn from different angles. Eternal question 'Who is to blame?' you will have to put aside, it remains only 'What to do? '
Emily Watson is the reason I chose to watch the series, she never disappoints. A stunning actress, in an unknown way, easily turning from an inconspicuous aunt into a beauty. Blonde Irish Denise Gough made her a worthy couple.
To recommend such a series, perhaps, is ungrateful. It is strictly for a British cinema lover of a certain type: with a small number of characters and locations, with a minimum of action, but with a lot of talking details - and made at a high level of professionalism.
To simplify the meaning of the film, it is about how the disorder of life breaks a person and drives to madness. Things are so complicated that it's easier to die by slamming the door loudly when you leave. It looks heavy. In addition, some scenes are too long, which reduces the aesthetic of perception.