A Million Little Things

A tight-knit group of people (so tight-knit it's actually scary) lose one of their own and the rest is about them grappling to pick up the pieces of their lives after fall-out. There are a quiet a few feel-good moments, cheesy lines and over the top "I love you"s are somewhat common, and only disproportionately sized house and flats (is everybody they're portraying rich?), but a darn good mix of realism: not everything is a happy ending. Not everybody gets what they want, families aren't perfect despite the facade, but the friendships here are too good. I didn't find myself screaming at the…

James Roday and Ron Livingston are two actors that I have a lot of respect for, people whose work that I have enjoyed in the past...so it hurts writing this. But, let's be honest, this is a dramatization of suicide not unlike 13 Reasons. It doesn't exactly glorify it, but it does send the loud and clear message that killing yourself is a tragic action that makes you deep. And the actors involved are really above that. It's probably going to be a hit, the Millennials are going to love it...but honestly, its an overdose of melodrama about how deep people that kill themselves are, and that is…