Pretty sure that I won´t be reading the semi-autobiographical novels of Edward St. Aubyn, on which Patrick Melrose is based. I am so very sorry that any boy (or girl) should be put through such an ordeal, but I am equally sad that the rest of Aubyn´s writerly life then evidently became a quest for revenge. Well, it looks like he got it. Both his mother and his father are now etched into history as villains for eternity--or until the books and this series disappear.
On a brighter note, Patrick Melrose displays consistently excellent cinematography, and the acting of the lead protagonist (Cumberbatch) is quite good. I should say that the first episode struck me as gratuitous and sensationalist, and I am surprised that I continued on. It does get much better, but throughout all five episodes of the series the content is a clear and simple victimology theme repeated in a fugue-like manner.
One small nit-picky thing: how could the eight-year-old boy have such dark brown eyes, when the man had light blue? Does that ever happen in reality, where the color of eyes changes from dark to light over time?
On a brighter note, Patrick Melrose displays consistently excellent cinematography, and the acting of the lead protagonist (Cumberbatch) is quite good. I should say that the first episode struck me as gratuitous and sensationalist, and I am surprised that I continued on. It does get much better, but throughout all five episodes of the series the content is a clear and simple victimology theme repeated in a fugue-like manner.
One small nit-picky thing: how could the eight-year-old boy have such dark brown eyes, when the man had light blue? Does that ever happen in reality, where the color of eyes changes from dark to light over time?