Entertainment Weekly - 04.2020

(Michael S) #1
HBO’S SIX-EPISODE ADAP-
tation of Wally Lamb’s
acclaimed 1998 novel (pre-
miering April 27) has a
stacked cast just from
its double bill of Mark
Ruffalo and Mark Ruffalo:
The Marvel star plays identi-
cal twins at the center of this
family saga, which charts
the relationship between
Dominick Birdsey and his
para noid schizophrenic
brother, Thomas, over sev-
eral decades.But writer-
director Derek Cianfrance
(The Place Beyond the Pines)
surrounds Ruffalo’s impres-
sive perfor mance(s) with
equally striking ones from
the likes of Rosie O’Donnell
as Thomas’ empathetic but
no-nonsense social worker,
The Good Wife’s Archie Pan-
jabi as his psychologist, and
Oscar winner Melissa Leo
as the twins’ ailing mother.
—JESSICA DERSCHOWITZ

No

10

No

9

This gripping entry in the
“every parent’s worst
nightmare” genre stars
The Avengers’ Chris
Evans as Andy Barber, a
Massachusetts prosecu-
tor tasked with solving
the murder of a teenage
boy who was stabbed
on his way to school. When
his 14-year-old son, Jacob
(IT’s Jaeden Martell),
becomes a suspect in the
crime, Andy and his wife,
Laurie (Downton Abbey’s
Michelle Dockery), are
thrust into a legal and
psychological ordeal. As
classmates spread
rumors and accusations
about Jacob on social
media, Andy and Laurie
must grapple with their
own doubts (and profound
guilt about those doubts).
Based on William Lan-
day’s twisty 2012 novel,
Defending Jacob (Apple
TV+, April 24) boasts a
stellar ensemble—includ-
ing Cherry Jones (The
Handmaid’s Tale), Pablo
Schreiber (Orange is the
New Black), and Sakina
Jaffrey (House of Cards)—
and delivers pit-in-
your-stomach suspense.
—KRISTEN BALDWIN

TV

DEFENDING
JACOB

TV

I KNOW THIS

MUCH IS TRUE

SILLY

SUBLIME

DOUBLE TAKE
We rank some of
TV’s more memorable
doppelgängers

Ewan McGregor
Emmit & Ray
on Fargo

Lisa Kudrow
Phoebe & Ursula
on Friends

Christopher Knight
Arthur & Peter on
The Brady Bunch

No

CRIP CAMP

MOVIES

8

Attendees describe
Camp Jened, Crip
Camp’s titular locale, as
“Woodstock” and
“a summer camp for the
handicapped run by
hippies.” It was also the
birthplace of a revolution.
This eye-opening
documentary from the
Obamas’ Higher Ground
Productions (on Netflix
March 25) is an engross-
ing portrait of teens
with disabilities who, in
the early 1970s, found
a welcoming countercul-
tural community at a
Catskills camp. As those
teens grow older and
begin to fight for their
rights, the film becomes
an invigorating account
of an activist movement
that’s been drastically
underexplored by the
media. —TYLER AQUILINA

14 APRIL 2020 EW ● COM

CRIP CAMP:

STEVE HONISGBAUM;

DEFENDING JACOB

: APPLE TV+;

I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE

: ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA/HBO

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