Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

lalaland_08 I could totally relate to this show. I have a mother who has Borderline Personality Disorder (a person with BPD feels emotions 1000 times more intense than regular people, and will go into a meltdown mode when they can't handle the emotions).This show shed light on how hard it can be for a child of a person with a mental disease to live a daily life. I'm sure the show exaggerated DID symptoms, but the struggles Tara and her family were going through were very real. It can totally happen that the person with a mental disease can turn violent, during a 'phase', towards their spouse and even their children. As the child, you can get very confused about who the parent really is. For me, it was: is my mother the person who's very caring and loving? or is my mother the person that says hurtful words and sometimes become violent? And why can't I have a normal life? These are the struggles Kate and Marshall had everyday. We had to learn to stand on our own feet at young age because we couldn't really get much emotional support from our parents. We grow up thinking our childhoods were pretty normal, and don't realize they weren't until so much later. Some of us grow up thinking we're broken and at fault, and deserve unfair environment (abusive partner, abusive employer, or unkempt house). The children of a parent with a mental disease tend to grow up rather quickly. In the show, Tara is unbelievably lucky to have such a strong and supportive family. In real life, it's hardly so. My brother and I had moved out, but we still live fairly close (within 1 hour by car) to my parents. I still wonder if it's better for my dad to divorce and move on, and if it's better for my mom to go into a facility and get better.I thought Tara was very selfish by wanting her children to be with her. (which is very realistic BTW, the person with a mental disease often is very weak and desperately hangs on to any love/support they can get) The children have every right to declare their own space free from all the turbulence if they choose so.The show was incredibly healing and gave me hope. I could really relate to Kate and Marshall, and was relieved to know they too were having the same struggles I had, or still have to this day. I'm very happy that such show existed. I give my sincere thanks to the producers of this show.

Audrey_L This show is really fun and interesting in so many ways. Although it got dark towards the end I still enjoyed it, the drama just spiced things up. The comedy wasn't forced and I liked the subplots a lot (life experiences of Tara's kids and her sister).It's a shame that a show this good got canceled when a lot of mediocre series continue for at least 6 or 7 seasons.I believe that Tara's condition was portrayed realistically and although the impact it had on her family was devastating at times, at other times it was very funny. The ending was ambiguous, probably because the writers weren't expecting that it would get canceled. It would be better if we got at least one more half-season that would bring closure to the series but TV networks rarely do justice to the intelligent comedies. It's a shame.

martinelanthier I came across this Stephen Spielberg series on a TV show and movie provider, while I was searching for something entertaining to watch in under 30 minutes per episode. Being a Toni Colette fan, I decided to give "The United States of Tara" a try. I had never heard of it, but the description was interesting. Here is my own version of it: Tara, portrayed by Toni Colette, lives in Kansas with her husband and two teenage children. Here's where it gets complicated: Tara has a Dissasociative Identity Disorder (which used to be called multiple personality disorder). When she is under a lot of stress or when she is anxious, one of her personalities takes over her body.This series is on one hand brilliant and extremely funny, and on the other hand moving and tear-jerking. It was very well written and directed, but what makes it special is the wonderful casting. With time, you even start loving the characters which you first despised. It is a true shame that this series only lasted 3 seasons, but I am thankful that it aired at all. Once again, Colette did not disappoint!

giangui It is addictive. The whole cast is performing at its best. Colette is just brilliant and I can only imagine how difficult must be to play such a complex and multi faced (literally) role.I do not see why anyone would feel offended. It is about a real disease which is not very well known and absolutely not very well diagnosed.Well done... I hope sometimes soon we will get series 4!!I have seen first series on Show tie and now I finished it on NetFlix. The whole family characters absorbed my attention and yes, I get to some tears sometimes. We need more show like this.It is not a show for youngters but with proper supervision it can be for everyone.