

Annette Bening unravels spectacularly in this true crime tale of love, diet pills, and murder.
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Acting
Bening's unraveling is masterclass material.
Direction
Nagy finds humanity in tabloid trash.
Writing
Dialogue that stings like a slap.

Director
Phyllis Nagy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Phyllis Nagy later directed 'Carol' — this was her dry run for repressed women destroying themselves.
The real Jean Harris ran a prison school for inmates after conviction, becoming a bizarre feminist icon.
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