‘Good American Family’ Review: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In Hulu’s Riveting Series Of Adoption Gone Terribly Wrong

Remember “Orphan?” That rather upsetting horror tale of a deranged woman in her early 30s afflicted with dwarfism who, after posing as a nine-year-old girl, proceeds to inflict a battery of terror upon her adopted parents? Surprisingly, the events of “Orphan” seem to have inspired a real-life scenario similar in more ways than one to the 2009 film. It’s in “Good American Family,” Hulu’s eight-episode dive into a strikingly similar story, the events that unfolded, and the two perspectives that shape a narrative twist, thrusting the collective mentality of viewers from one perspective to another, that something genuinely fascinating emerges, draped with a crescendo of tension and the best kind of emotional joyride, all coming together for one of the more compelling entries in the genre of truth-inspired, televised storytelling. Continue reading ‘Good American Family’ Review: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In Hulu’s Riveting Series Of Adoption Gone Terribly Wrong at The Playlist.

Mar 20, 2025 - 21:04

‘Good American Family’ Review: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In Hulu’s Riveting Series Of Adoption Gone Terribly Wrong

Remember “Orphan?” That rather upsetting horror tale of a deranged woman in her early 30s afflicted with dwarfism who, after posing as a nine-year-old girl, proceeds to inflict a battery of terror upon her adopted parents? Surprisingly, the events of “Orphan” seem to have inspired a real-life scenario similar in more ways than one to the 2009 film. It’s in “Good American Family,” Hulu’s eight-episode dive into a strikingly similar story, the events that unfolded, and the two perspectives that shape a narrative twist, thrusting the collective mentality of viewers from one perspective to another, that something genuinely fascinating emerges, draped with a crescendo of tension and the best kind of emotional joyride, all coming together for one of the more compelling entries in the genre of truth-inspired, televised storytelling.

Continue reading ‘Good American Family’ Review: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction In Hulu’s Riveting Series Of Adoption Gone Terribly Wrong at The Playlist.