Enlightened (TV Series)

USA 2010, 266 minutes
Dir. Miguel Arteta, Nicole Holofcener, Jonathan Demme, Phil Morrison
Genres: Television, Drama, Comedy

Topics: Mid-life.

Feat. Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Luke Wilson, Mike White

Aroview: This enlightened HBO cringe-comedy from writer-actor Mike White (CHUCK & BUCK) pushes all the buttons as an excruciating study of self-defeating behaviour, yet also manages to strike grace notes as a serious-minded drama about the female mid-life crisis. Laura Dern is brilliant as a burnt out corporate whose trip to a holistic treatment facility changes her outlook on life for both the better and worse.

Season One: 10 episodes across two discs.