It's the first day of school for the children of affluent Californian town Monterey. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley star
It's the first day of school for the children of affluent Californian town Monterey. We meet three mums at the school gates – Madeline (Reese Witherspoon) is loud, sarcastic, funny and struggling to cope with her ex’s new wife.
Celeste (Nicole Kidman, yes it's quite a cast!) is quiet and haunted by her troubled marriage, while new girl Jane (Shailene Woodley) is a single mum with a past she's trying to forget.
We also learn that sometime in the future a murder happens at a school fundraiser.
The parents are all pretty hideous – competitive, bitchy and unhappy – but with a cast as good as this, an intriguing whodunit, plus some beautiful houses and scenery, we'll be back for more.
