Tiny Beautiful Things2023

Kathryn Hahn makes Tiny Beautiful Things a compelling watch, mainly because she’s so good at playing someone barely holding things together. But the rest of the series, especially the flashback sequences, give us a pretty full picture of why her character continues to spiral.

Tiny Beautiful Things masterfully establishes Clare’s street cred as an expert on love, mistakes, regrets, and loss. Kathryn Hahn’s performance in this series is a straight-up revelation, a chaotic, unhinged, and gloriously messy portrayal of a damaged, big-hearted woman that effortlessly shifts between comedy and drama without missing a beat.

The show ultimately packs a much bigger emotional wallop than might otherwise be suggested by either its its seemingly straightforward premise or slim 30-minute episode run times. ... Hahn’s poignant delivery makes the most of Clare’s full-hearted prose, much of it excerpted from Strayed’s actual Dear Sugar columns. The words hold power even before we’ve had a chance to warm to Clare herself, or to click to the show’s combination of gimlet-eyed clarity and unabashed sentiment.