Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticMuch in the vein of “The Girl on the Train” or “The Woman in the Window,” HBO Max’s new limited series “The Girl Before” depicts the aftereffects of trauma taking place within the mind of a troubled woman.
Also like those projects, it’s neither as acute as it thinks it is or as fun as viewers may want it to be. This British show — which is adapted by J.
P. Delaney from his novel and which aired on BBC One overseas late last year — goes to extremes, but viewers may be forgiven for not following it to its conclusion.Here, Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Jane, who is increasingly isolated from the world as she can’t stop replaying a violent attack she suffered.
In the present day, Jane is living in a strange, modernist home — one whose residents must agree to a set of strict conditions set by the building’s architect (David Oyelowo).
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