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Sharp Objects – Miniseries, Episode 2 Dirt

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Sharp Objects – Miniseries, Episode 2

Dirt

Aired Jul 15, 2018

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Camille searches for clues at the funeral and wake for Wind Gap's latest victim; Camille pays a visit to the working-class home of a boy who says he witnessed the abduction, and confronts Chief Vickery about why he ignored the boy's claim.

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By focusing on the living, "Dirt" sidesteps exploitative genre norms to unearth moodier, more dangerous set pieces to build upon.

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Aja Romano

Vox

07/16/2018

Sharp Objects isn't a true crime show: It's not a whodunnit, but a classic Southern Gothic fable about crumbling towns, disintegrating relationships, obsolete legacy families, and an ugly past that must be continually confronted.

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Maureen Lee Lenker

Entertainment Weekly

07/16/2018

B+

As one of my colleagues put it, "I could watch Amy Adams stare into the distance for hours" - and there are plenty of opportunities to do that again in the series' second hour.

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Judy Berman

New York Times

07/16/2018

The impression we're left with is of a town that twists reality to suit its superstitions, pieties and (often warped) ideas about the way the world works.

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Joe Lipsett

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09/27/2024

It's impossible to take your eyes off of Patricia Clarkson, even when she's doing something as innocuous as forcing Adams' Camille to stop writing during a funeral. What an incredible performance.

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Fiona Flynn

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01/07/2020

This slow-burn of a drama is taking its time to get going so it's good that at least we have some fascinating characters to intrigue us for the interim.

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Nathan Osborne

Film Inquiry

07/27/2018

In another terrific episode that masterfully blends the shocking past with the foreboding present, Dirt explores the pain, gossip and memories tormenting, namely, the women of Wind Gap.

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Synopsis

Camille searches for clues at the funeral and wake for Wind Gap's latest victim; Camille pays a visit to the working-class home of a boy who says he witnessed the abduction, and confronts Chief Vickery about why he ignored the boy's claim.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Executive Producer: Jason Blum, Charles Layton, Jessica Rhoades, Amy Adams, Gillian Flynn, Marti Noxon, Jean-Marc Vallée, Nathan Ross, Gregg Fienberg, Vince Calandra
Screenwriter: Gillian Flynn
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jul 15, 2018