That's far from Dominick's only tragic issue, though, and as we get to know him, the camera often zooms in to examine Ruffalo's expressive face in extreme sympathetic closeup. People flee, scream - and the axe comes down, and now Dominick has one more terrible way he's connected to his difficult yet lovable twin brother. I Know This Much Is True certainly begins with a bang: While late '80s library patrons hunt for books and use the microfiche machine, Thomas rocks back and forth at a library table, reciting vaguely Biblical gibberish before raising an axe. Language includes "f-k," "a-hole," "s-t," and "g-dammit." Messages of empathy, communication, tolerance, and acceptance are woven through this drama, which does a creditable job demonstrating trauma's effects over time, and how coming to terms with one's past can improve their outlook for the future.Īffecting and absorbing, if a bit of a bummer, this drama's makes you care about the troubles of its characters without gimmicks or cliched plotlines about crime or mayhem. Several character smoke cigarettes frequently.
Adults drink liquor and beer at home a character drives home drunk.
Sexual visuals are generally confined to kissing and flirting, but a subplot concerns an HIV-positive character having an incestuous relationship who covertly lets her sexual partner watch her having sex with her boyfriend. Family deaths, including that of a very young child, drive much of this series' drama and show how trauma can cause long-term damage. The series opens with an act of bloody violence we see an axe, blood, gore, and then a bloody stump of a limb. One character, Thomas, has paranoid schizophrenia and his feelings and needs are taken seriously family members, including Dominick, advocate for him. It concerns a pair of twin brothers, Dominic and Thomas Birdsey ( Mark Ruffalo), who weather family and other traumas in the late 1980s in a small Connecticut town. Parents need to know that I Know This Much Is True is a drama series adapted from the 1998 novel of the same name by Wally Lamb.
At one point, a character who appears somewhat loose and sloppy is told not to drive, that she's "wasted." Despite being offered a ride home or to have a cab called, she drives away recklessly in her own car (which is presented as evidence that she's unstable and foolish).ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Several characters smoke cigarettes adults routinely drink beers and alcohol at home.
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