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Premise. Over five decades from the 1960s to the early 2000s, wealthy Englishman Patrick Melrose attempts to overcome his addictions and demons rooted in abuse by his cruel father and negligent mother. Cast. Benedict Cumberbatch as Patrick Melrose. Sebastian Maltz as young Patrick Melrose. Jennifer Jason Leigh as Eleanor Melrose.
- Patrick Melrose, by Edward St Aubyn
- Drama
What is Patrick Melrose about? Sweeping through the South of France in the ‘60s, New York in the ‘80s and Britain in the early 2000s, Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels track their protagonist’s journey from a deeply traumatic childhood, through his chaotic, drug-addicted twenties to middle age, with searing ...
This five-part limited series based on the acclaimed novels by Edward St. Aubyn tracks Patrick from a privileged but deeply traumatic childhood in the South of France through severe substance abuse in his twenties in New York and, ultimately, toward recovery back home in Britain. — ahmetkozan.
- (32K)
- Drama
- TV-MA
- 2018-05-12
Synopsis Patrick Melrose is a man from a very privileged yet traumatic childhood in the 1980s. Patrick's father was a very abusive man, and Patrick's mother put up with his behavior.
- Edward Berger
- TV-MA
- Benedict Cumberbatch
May 13, 2018 · Patrick Melrose review – a brilliant portrayal of addiction. Benedict Cumberbatch had long wanted to play Edward St Aubyn’s character – and David Nicholls’s adaptation shows the actor’s ...
Patrick Melrose is a scathing indictment of British high society's inherited dysfunction, cruelty, and the wealth that enables them. The Crown this ain't. Read...
May 11, 2018 · May 11, 2018. In the new Showtime miniseries “Patrick Melrose,” based on the Edward St. Aubyn novels, Benedict Cumberbatch plays a man addicted to drugs, self-annihilation, and snobbery....
