Dan Levy’s Netflix Crime Comedy ‘Big Mistakes’ Wastes a Perfect Cast on a Lacking Plot: TV Review
Why it matters: Despite a stellar cast, "Big Mistakes" demonstrates how a lacking plot can undermine a show's comedic potential.
- Dan Levy and Rachel Sennott created Netflix’s "Big Mistakes," an "unhinged crime comedy" about two siblings caught in a world of "fuckery."
- The cast, featuring Levy, Taylor Ortega, Laurie Metcalf, Abby Quinn, Boran Kuzum, Mark Ivanir, Jack Innanen, and Jacob Gutierrez, is described as "impeccable" and a highlight of the show.
- The plot is criticized as "cumbersome," "deranged," and "nonsensical," with one episode in Miami being so absurd it strips the show of its initial realism and feels "useless and confusing."
- Laurie Metcalf delivers an "exceptional" performance as Linda, the loud and rambunctious mother planning a mayoral campaign and a birthday party for her dying mother.
Dan Levy's new Netflix crime comedy, "Big Mistakes," co-created with Rachel Sennott, is an "unhinged" and "chaotic" depiction of family and ambition, praised for its "impeccable" cast, including Levy, Taylor Ortega, and an "exceptional" Laurie Metcalf. However, the show's "cumbersome" and "deranged" plot, which involves siblings Nicky and Morgan getting entangled with a Russian gangster after a shoplifting incident, ultimately wastes its talent, becoming "nonsensical" and requiring a "complete suspension of disbelief."
