Sharp Objects Series Review: Please Give Amy Adams All The Awards NOW

After eight episodes, "Sharp Objects" has finally come to an end. Based on the Gillian Flynn's 2006 novel by the same name, "SO" tells the story of a troubled journalist who returns home to Wind Map, Missouri to investigate the murders of two young girls.

Camille Preaker is a mess. She's swigs alcohol out of a water bottle. Her body is covered entirely with self inflicted cuts. She has a number of words carved into her flesh. Camilla's relationship with her mother Adora is BEYOND horrible. Camille's sister Marian died under mysterious circumstances years ago. Given all of this, I have no idea how Camille is even up and moving around. She tells her mother's friend Jackie "My demons arent remotely tackled. They're just mildly concussed". No truer words have ever been spoken. I fear Camille may not make it out of this show alive.

We're introduced to the various citizens of Wind Gap. There's Camille's half sister Amma and her father Alan Crellin. There's local sheriff Bill Vickery and an out of town detective Richard Willis. Amma and her two friends (Jodes and Kelsey) flitter around town on their rollerskates. They are young and full of themselves. We meet the families of the murdered Ann Nash and Natalie Keene. Anyone and everyone is a suspect. Vickery declared the killer must be a man due to the strength required to pull the girls' teeth.

For those expecting an action packed who-dun-it, turn back now. This is not the show for you. Instead, "Sharp Objects" is a sloooow burn character study. The first episodes immerse the viewer in this small town and its intertwined characters. Everyone has secrets. No one can be trusted. Thanks to this extended setup, when the s#% finally hits the fan, it is in glorious fashion. We feel for Camille and yell at the screen for her to get out of this horrible place before it's too late

The years of bad blood between Camille and Adora are palpable. Adora seeks to tear down her daughter at every turn. She says the most horrific things to Camille all the while maintaining her sweet Southern decorum. And that's what "Sharp Objects' is truly about. It's not the murders. It's about the rage simmering just below the surface in every woman in town. Beneath all the saccharine charm, everyone is rotten to the core.

Both Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson deserve all the major awards for their work. I can't recall a more chilling image on TV than Adora carrying a tray with a blue bottle of her "medicine".

Grade: 5 Monsters (out of 5). Excellent! Some viewers have complained about the slow pace of "Sharp Objects". I disagree. While the first few episodes dont have much in the way of "action", they do have tremendous character development (which pays off later). "Sharp Objects" blurs the lines between a who-dun-it, southern gothic horror and character study, One thing is for sure. Watching Camille struggle through her life is viscerally painful. You want to swoop in and save the poor girl. It's often not the people that are screaming the loudest that are in the most pain. It's the ones quietly suffering. No one notices whose souls being slowly crushed. IMPORTANT CLUE: Make sure you watch the ending credits. Otherwise, you've missed a VERY SIGNIFICANT piece of the story.