Three Women Review: Adaptation of Bestselling Book Loses its Spark
Three Women has four great women tent-poling its creative efforts: Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise, and Gabrielle Creevy. These fine actors headline the new Starz drama, and over the course of 10 episodes, manage to captivate the audience. The script? Not so much. The emotional well may run deep here in creator/showrunner Lisa Taddeos adaptation of her 2019 bestselling book of the same name, but the vibe never rises above a midline mark in this translation, making this show about three women exploring female desire more haunting than uplifting.
Three Women has four great women tent-poling its creative efforts: Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise, and Gabrielle Creevy. These fine actors headline the new Starz drama, and over the course of 10 episodes, manage to captivate the audience. The script? Not so much. The emotional well may run deep here in creator/showrunner Lisa Taddeos…