Olive Kitteridge

About Olive Kitteridge

A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who…

HBO's Olive Kitteridge is a drama series. It reached one season of 4 episodes from November 2014.

Frances McDormand leads the cast as Olive Kitteridge, Richard Jenkins as Henry Kitteridge, Zoe Kazan as Denise Thibodeau, and Rosemarie DeWitt as Rachel Coulson. It was produced by Playtone. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under elderly, misanthrophy, maine, and maturity. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

The Shining, The Count of Monte Cristo, and A Nearly Normal Family make useful companions to Olive Kitteridge, all filed under family and miniseries. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 329 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-14 rating.