Secrets and deception dominate James Corden's darkly comedic new series Mammals, which is at its best when Sally Hawkins takes center stage. Our review:
What does it mean to be in a monogamous relationship? In Jez Butterworth’s Mammals, a silly yet strange dramedy starring James Corden and Sally Hawkins, it is the constraint, or at least the perception of such, from our more base desires. In this case, desire doesn’t solely refer to sex; it encompasses a life defined by excitement and independence that the characters have struggled to realize in their monogamous lives.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY At the center of it all is Jamie , who seems to have everything he could ever want. He is about to open his dream restaurant and is going on a nice trip with his girlfriend Amandine who he loves very much. An almost cartoonish cheery opening takes a very sudden turn when tragedy strikes, during which Jamie also discovers Amandine may be having an affair.
While all this is happening, Jamie’s sister Lue is having a crisis of her own and has grown distant from her own partner Jeff as of late. She has been coping by letting her mind wander and creating fantasies that provide an escape from the unsatisfactory life that she has found herself in. The show then pulls back the layers on the respective lives of all the characters to discover that each is, in their own way, troubled and uncertain about what to do.
This doesn’t doom the show by any means, but there's a sense that this central character ought to have been played by a more seasoned performer that grows with every subsequent scene. While Corden isn’t terrible, the range required of a role like this just isn’t there in all the ways that it can and should be. Considering how Kreiling is more in control, though given far less to work with, this becomes all the more unfortunate.
Without giving away any details of the ending, it is a fitting one though still oddly truncated. One of the most significant revelations that had the potential to impact all the characters is left dangling in a manner that is so utterly unresolved that it plays as a rushed last-minute push for an additional season. This isn’t to say that more of a chance to delve into this story couldn’t be a potentially fruitful experience.
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