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70% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Todd Haynes First episode date 27 March 2011 Network HBO | 7.7/10 IMDb Genre Drama Theme music composer Carter Burwell Final episode date 10 April 2011 Director Todd Haynes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Mildred Pierce
by James M. Cain Screenplay by Todd Haynes
Jon Raymond Starring Kate Winslet
Guy Pearce
Evan Rachel Wood
Melissa Leo Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie Similar Olive Kitteridge, Show Me a Hero, Empire Falls, Roots, Parade's End | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mildred Pierce is a five-part miniseries that first aired on HBO on March 27, 2011. Adapted from James M. Cain's 1941 novel of the same name, it was directed by Todd Haynes, and starred Kate Winslet in the title role, alongside Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood and Melissa Leo. Carter Burwell wrote the original score for the miniseries.
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It is the second adaptation of the novel, after the 1945 film noir produced by Warner Bros. and starring Joan Crawford.
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Synopsis
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic elder daughter's love and respect.
Cast
Filming
Parts of the miniseries were filmed in three New York locations: Peekskill, Point Lookout and Merrick.
Reception
Mildred Pierce received generally favorable reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film currently holds an average score of 69, based on 28 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". In a WBEZ podcast on the best theatrical films of 2011, critic Jonathan Rosenbaum used the series as an example of television work that was on par with the year's best movies, calling it Haynes' best work to date. Salon.com called it a "quiet, heartbreaking masterpiece", while The New York Times reviewer, Alessandra Stanley, commented that while the miniseries was "loyally, unwaveringly true to James M. Cain's 1941 novel", it did not "make the most of the mythic clash of mother, lover and ungrateful child", and was "not nearly as satisfying as the 1945 film noir".
Novelist Stephen King, reviewing Mildred Pierce for The Daily Beast and Newsweek, praised the acting of Winslet, Pearce and Wood, and admired the show's attention to detail and structure, but complained that the five-hour adaptation was "too damn long". He finishes with, "Winslet’s Mildred is a genuine star turn. How Joan Crawford would have loathed her."
The series was shown out of competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in 2011.