The film is at its sharpest depicting grief as a series of elephants in rooms, of ghost towns beneath well-trodden cobblestones.

Sparks fly between the charming leads, but the series too often relies on tired stereotypes and shallow conflicts. 

The film shines brightest as a catalog of one woman’s robust self-mythology, written and rewritten to protect herself from the reality of how she was perceived by the world.

The film, like the book on which it’s based, acknowledges that sixth-grade feelings are among the realest we ever feel.

JWA talks to Samantha Pickette about her new book and about how TV is establishing a new version of the Jewish woman. 

This very Jewish TV adaptation of the bestselling novel crackles with sharply drawn characters and brilliant performances.