Picnic at Hanging Rock Review: Amazon's Series Takes Bold Leaps but Misses the Landing

The original article can be found: here.

The main points of the article include:

The series is basically centered on Mrs. Appleyard.
There are hints in some of the girls pasts that they might have been abused.
There's hints of sexual impulses between some of the girls.
The girls 'rule the school' because they are beautiful and unknowable.
A lot of narrative leads just fade away.
It is emotionally hollow.
There's no real reason to feel any connection to the girls.
The adults at the school, teachers included, come across as 'flighty, cold, or malicious.'

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