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Annette Bening Mystery ‘Apples Never Fall’ Is a Propulsive Beach Read You Can Binge: TV Review
Annette Bening stars as a missing mother and tennis coach in the strongest Liane Moriarty adaptation since 'Big Little Lies.'
With a less glitzy cast and a platform with a far narrower reach than HBO, its release is unlikely to equal the impact of “Big Little Lies.” Yet more than any Moriarty series since, “Apples Never Fall” captures the potential of a beach read you can binge. Troy (Jake Lacy) has channeled his competitive instincts into venture capital; black sheep Amy (Alison Brie, playing against Type A) can’t hold down a job; Brooke (Essie Randles) has a physical therapy practice she won’t admit is flailing; Logan (Conor Merrigan Turner) can’t break out of his family’s orbit, turning down a chance to start fresh to stay close to home. You can’t throw a bright-green ball in the Delaney house without hitting someone having an ill-advised affair, but when two characters bond over the self-destructive impulse that led them to step out on their spouses, it’s a touching moment of solidarity over the mutual damage many family members share, whether or not they’re in the headlines.
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