Should you watch Sharp Objects?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Sharp Objects
Series · 2018
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
The sides of Sharp Objects
- A reporter back in her Missouri hometown
- Two murdered girls
- A mother and daughter with a terrible bond
Sharp Objects is good for you if…
- you want to watch Amy Adams carry every scene as Camille.
- you like a heavy, humid small town revealed one memory at a time.
- you can take a dark Southern story with no easy comfort.
Sharp Objects is bad for you if…
- you can't face self-harm, alcoholism and child abuse on screen.
- you'd rather avoid frank sex scenes, and Camille has a few.
About: trauma · mothers and daughters · home
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