Review of The Girl from Plainville

This should never have been an 8 episode series. Its length did not offer depth of perspective but was merely too much of the same thing. People drawn to the series hoping to get insight into Michelle Carter's motivations will find the crumbs offered up by the writers to be limited and insubstantial. Fans who follow Elle Fanning will be glad to see her but not overwhelmed by her portrayal. It is hard to inhabit a poorly drawn character. There were attempts to mix the storytelling (musical numbers, turning texts into face to face conversations) but they all felt like padding if a failed narrative. Inevitably, this is a sad tales of two lives lost to tragic situations. I give this series a 5 (long, boring and unsubstantial) out of 10. {Crime Drama}