Critics’ rating: 3.5 / 5.0
3.5
When it comes to real crime dramas, I usually walk away like a waste of time because they add too much perspective and what in sensitive situations.
The result is usually an event that does not fully illustrate the story.
Thankfully, part of the Natalia Grace story we haven’t heard of, including the views of Kristine Barnett.
What we know about Christine is how the media portrays her, and of course the strange case of Natalia Grace, which doesn’t show her with the best view, even around her.
Ellen Pompeo did most of the heavy lifting in the first two episodes, showing Kristine as the warm mother image slowly realized that her whim young girl gradually realized something was wrong.
Early in the premiere, Kristine and her husband Michael were in such a horrible place in their marriage that they didn’t even sleep in the same bed.
There was a conflict of marriage, and even if they tried to cover up the marriage, they were not a happy married family for anyone who seemed to be, and they wanted everyone to believe in themselves.
Good American Family Lights up Christine and Michael Barnett
Their lack of communication is more common than you think, because many people become complacent in relationships and don’t want to imagine what the grass on the other side looks like.
So, it’s no surprise that both view Natalia as the lack of a puzzle to repair the family and bring them closer again.
The most interesting aspect of the first two plots is how Allen guides these different aspects of Christine’s personality.
In some ways, Kristine hit me in this fake, your kind of person. The series shows this motherly and caring side while slowly stripping away the self-service side we hear.
But the reality is that she is smart and should have more questions and considerations when traveling the country with her family to welcome the young woman into their lives.
What’s going on in the adoption center should be enough to remind everyone that something is wrong and there should be more time to make a firm decision about this ability.
Kristine and Michael know that knowing nothing about Natalia is a big problem. However, they continued to pay for obvious fake medical expenses, leaving the center with her and becoming her parents.
If that didn’t happen in real life, I would be slamming for incredible incredible, but we went.
They knew nothing about Natalia and brought her into their home with three sons. Just like they have blind people, because they have never considered the impact of such a decision on their families.
Most of the stories actually happen very crazy
The adoption center, without them, suggests that Natalia’s life would be worse, and does a great job of forcing them to do their hands.
Given their previous adoption issues, both Kristen and Michael are very aware of the process and how these deals collapse, so why don’t they question what Natalia causes under their care?
The series wants to portray Natalia as this sly young woman who will do everything to do her own way, but I can’t be shocked by the feeling of some aspects of Kristine’s point of view, improving a little for the drama.
Instead of acting as an adaptation of the story of oversaturation of the media, the orphans throws out elements of the series that make the series more like a thriller.
From a dramatic perspective, it works well, but it should be a simpler introduction to the story because it no longer requires drama.
Again, this is told from multiple perspectives, which means that creatives have to make a choice that works for the narrative they want to tell.
I was surprised that the beautiful American family portrayed Michael more softly than the real life people who inspired him.
Mark Duplass is a great actor with a bigger comedy timing, so it’s surprising that he doesn’t play the more eccentric aspect of Michael.
Maybe it might be on the agenda as good American families progresses, but episode two shows him a few years after his relationship with Kristine’s flat life, and he shows him with almost the same eyes.
Michael’s main problem is his willingness to undermine Christine’s parenting. In both episodes, he never sat down to find out where she came from.
He thought she blamed Natalia for everything, but the young man played him like a violin, and he made some big mistakes in the trial whether he wanted to admit it or not.
One of the craziest moments is when Natalia lies, he is promoted to participate in the argument between her newly discovered parents. That should be the straw that breaks the camel, which makes Michael think, “You know, maybe I have a little bit of my wife with whom I have been with for many years.”
Christine’s possible biased opinion on Natalia
Kristine’s big revelation about Natalia’s age will surely put us in the Good American Family Season 1 Episode 3, hulling it over its head.
Kristine is ready to continue doing morally suspicious things to make sure Natalia is not the monster her mind wants to believe in herself.
We hardly scratched the surface of the broader story and the bombshell that would happen later, but the good American family made me curious about it for the rest of the season.
In you, a wonderful American family fanatic! What do you think of Christine so far?
Do you think the series has worked great so far, or is the intensified drama not good for the story?
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