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It took me about two episodes to really, really get into this, but then I was 100% hooked. Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and the other are doing a great job, the script is intelligent and surprising, the dialogues sharp. It does well at making different layers of mysoginy visible while not oversimplifying the discussion of that topic or making it flat.

In my opinion this is Anistons best performance as an actress yet (and I am a big fan of Friends, so that is saying something).

I am not generally interested in the media world, but this reeled me in. If you like The Good Wife, you will love this, too.

When I started watching this series I was immediately taken by this wonderful, charming main little character and his weird, lovely brother. The story is so sad and so beautiful at the same time. And it reminded me of the fact that life can be effing tough and cruel, yes at the same time wonderful and full of love and care. It's an unusual coming of age story, without black-and-white clichés of good and bad. Life is much more complex than that and even people who do bad things sometimes aren't bad themselves. This is wonderfully told in this story, that made me feel for these boys from the bottom of my heart. Simply loved it and will watch it again.

I really wanted to like this movie as I am a fan of Reese Witherspoon and love her work. Normally. However watching it I asked myself what happened to her acting (mediocre and so not up to par with her other work), whatever happened to Ashton Kutcher's face, and whatever happened to their chemistry (virtually nonexistent). It's fine as light entertainment for an evening in when you're sick, but unfortunately not what I expected. I'm puzzled.

The story is kind of foreseeable, the characters a little shallow. The best performance is by Steve Kirsch (in a minor role) who was the only one getting a giggle out of me.

I like Witherspoons work so much that I almost feel guilty for being disappointed, but there you go...