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Hulu Picks Up Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends Series
 

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 Hulu announced a 12-episode, straight-to-series order of Sally Rooney’s debut novel, Conversations With Friends, in association with BBC Three. The drama series will consist of half-hour episodes helmed by Irish director Lenny Abrahamson, who also directed Hulu’s adaptation of Rooney’s other novel, Normal People. Alice Birch, who was a writer on Normal People and story editor on Succession, will be lead writer for the adaptation. The novel Conversations With Friends, which came out in 2017, also takes place in Connell’s Trinity College Dublin stomping grounds. It follows Frances, her friend Bobbi, and their relationships with an older married couple of art-world somebodies. 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/17/sally-rooney-conversations-with-friends-adaptation-cast-unveiled

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Yikes, I’m not sure if it’s been long enough since Girls for me to see Jemima Kirke as anyone but Jessa.

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https://youtu.be/mZYSo9r2slc

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Conversations with Friends is an erotically charged TV Series coming to Hulu on May 15, all 12 half-hour episodes will be released at once. Conversations with Friends is in the same vein as the steamy hit TV series "Normal People" also streaming on Hulu, which was based on the Sally Rooney 2018 second novel. "Conversations with Friends" is based on Sally Rooney's 2017 first novel.

“Conversations with Friends” follows Frances, a 21 year old Dublin university student, as she navigates a series of relationships that force her to confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time. 

Frances' ex-girlfriend, now best friend, Bobbi, 21, even though they broke up three years ago, they are virtually inseparable and perform spoken word poetry together in Dublin. The duo meet Melissa at one of their shows, an older journalist who becomes fascinated with pair. Bobbi and Frances start to spend time with Melissa and her husband, Nick, a handsome but reserved actor. 

While Melissa and Bobbi flirt with each other openly, Nick and Frances embark on an intense secret affair that is surprising to them both. 

Soon their sexually charged relationships begins to test the bonds between Frances and Bobbi, as Bobbi finds herself defending Melissa and distancing herself from Frances, forcing Frances to reconsider her sense of self, and the friendship she holds so dear. The resulting love triangles upend their lives over the course of a semester packed with dinner parties, beach houses, torrid affairs, marriage, love, friendship, jealousy, and everything in between. 

Bobbi      Nick       Frances     Melissa

Alison Oliver plays Frances, an observant, cerebral, and sharp Dublin university student.

Sasha Lane plays Bobbi Connolly, self-assured, outspoken, and compelling Dublin university student.

Joe Alwyn plays Nick Conway, an actor married to Melissa. 

Jemima Kirke plays Melissa Conway, a journalist.

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Hulu’s ‘Conversations With Friends’: TV Review

The Hollywood Reporter

 

 

 

‘Conversations with Friends’ Review: Hulu’s Second Sally Rooney Adaptation Stretches the Boundaries of Love

IndieWire

Edited May 10, 2022 by AnimeMania

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TVLine Review

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Conversations With Friends Review: Hulu's Infidelity Tale From Normal People Team Sizzles, Then Fizzles

 

Collider Review

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'Conversations With Friends' Review: Sometimes the Book Really Is Better

 

Edited May 11, 2022 by AnimeMania

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Hulu’s ‘Conversations With Friends,’ Miscast and Meandering, Fails to Recapture the Insight of ‘Normal People’: TV Review

Variety Review

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Inside ‘Conversations With Friends’: Cast and Creative Team on Making Sally Rooney Magic Again

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Conversations With Friends: So About That Ending… (Plus, Grade the Series)

TVLine Review