‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ Review: Mother Ship
metroweekly.comTiny Beautiful Things (★★★☆☆), love is the zenith.Like Wild, the 2014 film based on Strayed’s writing starring Reese Witherspoon, this miniseries is also based on Strayed’s experiences.This time, however, Ms.
Witherspoon is behind the camera with her Hello Sunshine production company and Liz Tigelaar (Little Fires Everywhere) as the showrunner.
Although Tiny Beautiful Things leaves out any life-changing hikes across the Pacific Crest Trail, it once again is a love letter to Strayed’s mother, as well as a look at the repercussions her death had on her life.Claire (Kathryn Hahn) is a healthcare worker on the verge of 50 who has recently been kicked out of her own home by her husband, Danny (Quentin Plair) and daughter Rae (Tanzyn Crawford) for drinking too much.
Amid her personal chaos of being homeless and unsure of what to do next, she writes a letter to a local advice column, “Dear Sugar,” explaining her family troubles and how she hasn’t fully grieved her mother’s passing almost two decades later.The next day at work, Miss Sugar herself, who Claire learns is actually her college friend James, reveals that he loved her letter, and given her history of being a talented writer, offers her the column feeling that she is a better fit.
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