TOO CLOSE
A masterly adaptation by Clara Salaman of Natalie Daniels’ equally masterly 2019 thriller of the same name, and starring Emily Watson, “Too Close” is a British crime drama about a Forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Emma Robertson, who is assigned to assess the sanity of Connie Mortensen, a ‘yummy mummy’ accused of a despicable crime that first premiered on ITV on April 12, 2021, in the UK and on Thursday, May 20, 2021, on AMC+ in the US.
Emma is trying to assess whether Connie – a woman in a secure hospital, accused of the attempted murder of two children – is fit to stand trial. Connie claims to have no memory of the night when she drove her car off a bridge with two small children inside. It is Emma’s job to find out if her patient is faking her claim, and what compelled her to such an act.
Is she the “yummy mummy murderer” the tabloids are busy painting her as or is she a disturbed and desperate woman? And why should you not, in fact, be both?
Emma is a quiet, slightly dowdy middle-aged woman who has become so used to subduing her inner life and roiling emotions that she has almost come to believe she hasn’t any until circumstances change and the facade begins to crack. Watson plays this bereaved mother and dissatisfied wife, who is confronted with a case and a client almost perfectly designed to push her to the edge, beautifully and believably.
Her client, Connie, is played with utter conviction – and I would be surprised if not award-winningly – by Denise Gough.
Where can I watch “Too Close”?
Exclusively available for streaming on ITV Hub, and AMC+.