New: The Sticky

[Rhino]

Netflix has just released a new miniseries call The Sticky. It's about a
real life heist of maple syrup from Quebec that attracted world wide
attention.

You might be surprised to learn that it is an American production, not a
Canadian one, although it is filmed in Quebec. (One of the producers is
Jamie Lee Curtis.) The star is Margo Martindale who many of us will
remember as a senior Soviet spy from The Americans and as the matriarch
of a crime family in a season of Justified, among other roles. She
apparently worked hard on turning her native Texas accent to a Canadian
one. The rest of the cast is largely unfamiliar to me and consists
almost entirely of Quebec actors who normally work in French language
productions but they do a good job. The dialogue is in English with only
the occasional French-language pleasantry to give it a Quebec flavour.

She plays a woman who runs a maple syrup farm that has fallen on hard
times due to her husband being in a coma after a serious accident. An
opportunity presents itself for her to put some much needed money in her
pocket and also get revenge on the Quebec syrup association who she
blames for some of her troubles.

The entire series, comprising six half-hour episodes, was dropped today
and I've watched the first two episodes. It's good so far. You might
enjoy this is you like a true crime story or if you just want to get a
glimpse of Quebec.

[Rhino]

Post by Rhino
Netflix has just released a new miniseries call The Sticky. It's about a
real life heist of maple syrup from Quebec that attracted world wide
attention.
You might be surprised to learn that it is an American production, not a
Canadian one, although it is filmed in Quebec. (One of the producers is
Jamie Lee Curtis.) The star is Margo Martindale who many of us will
remember as a senior Soviet spy from The Americans and as the matriarch
of a crime family in a season of Justified, among other roles. She
apparently worked hard on turning her native Texas accent to a Canadian
one. The rest of the cast is largely unfamiliar to me and consists
almost entirely of Quebec actors who normally work in French language
productions but they do a good job. The dialogue is in English with only
the occasional French-language pleasantry to give it a Quebec flavour.
She plays a woman who runs a maple syrup farm that has fallen on hard
times due to her husband being in a coma after a serious accident. An
opportunity presents itself for her to put some much needed money in her
pocket and also get revenge on the Quebec syrup association who she
blames for some of her troubles.
The entire series, comprising six half-hour episodes, was dropped today
and I've watched the first two episodes. It's good so far. You might
enjoy this is you like a true crime story or if you just want to get a
glimpse of Quebec.

Correction: This series was from Amazon Prime, NOT Netflix. Sorry about
that!

[anim8rfsk]

Post by Rhino

Post by Rhino
Netflix has just released a new miniseries call The Sticky. It's about a
real life heist of maple syrup from Quebec that attracted world wide
attention.
You might be surprised to learn that it is an American production, not a
Canadian one, although it is filmed in Quebec. (One of the producers is
Jamie Lee Curtis.) The star is Margo Martindale who many of us will
remember as a senior Soviet spy from The Americans and as the matriarch
of a crime family in a season of Justified, among other roles. She
apparently worked hard on turning her native Texas accent to a Canadian
one. The rest of the cast is largely unfamiliar to me and consists
almost entirely of Quebec actors who normally work in French language
productions but they do a good job. The dialogue is in English with only
the occasional French-language pleasantry to give it a Quebec flavour.
She plays a woman who runs a maple syrup farm that has fallen on hard
times due to her husband being in a coma after a serious accident. An
opportunity presents itself for her to put some much needed money in her
pocket and also get revenge on the Quebec syrup association who she
blames for some of her troubles.
The entire series, comprising six half-hour episodes, was dropped today
and I've watched the first two episodes. It's good so far. You might
enjoy this is you like a true crime story or if you just want to get a
glimpse of Quebec.

Correction: This series was from Amazon Prime, NOT Netflix. Sorry about
that!

So people can actually watch it

[Eddie Grove]

Post by Rhino
The entire series, comprising six half-hour episodes, was dropped
today and I've watched the first two episodes. It's good so far. You
might enjoy this is you like a true crime story or if you just want to
get a glimpse of Quebec.

Not a true crime story. IMO those are usually dull.

https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/the-sticky-finale-prime-video-deserves-second-season-1235073445/https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/the-sticky-finale-prime-video-deserves-second-season-1235073445/

"As each episode of “The Sticky” declares, Prime Video‘s twisted comedy
series about a maple syrup heist in Canada, is definitely not accurately
depicting the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. But can you blame
creators Brian Donovan and Ed Herro for hearing an event title like that
and wanting to let their imaginations run wild?"

I am really looking forward to this. I've been a fan of Martindale since
Justified gave her a season as the villain.

[Rhino]

Post by Eddie Grove

Post by Rhino
The entire series, comprising six half-hour episodes, was dropped
today and I've watched the first two episodes. It's good so far. You
might enjoy this is you like a true crime story or if you just want to
get a glimpse of Quebec.

Not a true crime story. IMO those are usually dull.
https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/the-sticky-finale-prime-video-deserves-second-season-1235073445/https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/the-sticky-finale-prime-video-deserves-second-season-1235073445/
"As each episode of “The Sticky” declares, Prime Video‘s twisted comedy
series about a maple syrup heist in Canada, is definitely not accurately
depicting the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. But can you blame
creators Brian Donovan and Ed Herro for hearing an event title like that
and wanting to let their imaginations run wild?"
I am really looking forward to this. I've been a fan of Martindale since
Justified gave her a season as the villain.

I was just about to post some corrections.

You are correct, I saw the "absolutely NOT a true story" disclaimer but
thought it was just being ironic; clearly, I was wrong about that.

Also, Jamie Lee Curtis actually appears in this (eventually), as opposed
to only being one of several executive producers.

Also, I assumed this was a "limited series", i.e. a complete telling of
the story but the story does NOT resolve at the end and it appears they
are planning to go at least one more season or at least are open to the
possibility.