Adolescence (Netflix series-2025)
After sitting through a couple of stinko movies, we needed to clear the air by streaming some good stuff. Here's the first of two we'd like to clue you in on.
Only four episodes to this British mini-series, but each one's a unique gut punch.
Produced, co-written and co starring actor Stephen Graham, 'Adolescence' takes a heartbreaking, disturbing look at the brutal murder of British school girl......
......a repeated stabbing murder committed by a 12 year old boy, one of her classmates.
Rendered in an unnerving semi-documentary style, each of the hour long episodes is shot in one continuous take. In a display of awesome bravura filmmaking, the mobile camera never stops rolling as it follows the characters in and out of cars, houses, schools.....and police interrogation rooms.
We don't want to get into any further details here, because this is a story you should let unfold in front of you with as little prior knowledge as possible.
But let's do single out the incredible performances you'll see.....especially young Owen Cooper as the boy whose sudden volcanic rage leaves a classmate bleeding out on the pavement. Producer-writer-actor Graham will pin you to your chair with his portrayal of the boy's anguished father....a working class bloke who finds himself stunned that he's fathered a son capable of such a monstrous act.
BQ says see it soon and brace yourself for a powerhouse experience.
5 stars (*****)
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