I just read Variety's review of 'The United States of Tara'.
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Skippity skip skip. I feel like twirling a baton (if I could) in front of a huge parade! And all because of one review.
Despite the boldfaced names behind the scenes -- Steven Spielberg! Diablo Cody! -- it's the woman at its center who ensures "United States of Tara" is more than a gimmick with a cutesy name. By turns oozing sexuality, vulnerability and confusion, Toni Collette gives Showtime's latest half-hour its buoyant pulse -- and a credible shot at the accolades the channel covets. Although it flirts with the preciousness that proved an irritant in the Cody-scripted "Juno," there's an innate sweetness at the show's core that essentially says people become inured to all manner of strangeness in the context of family -- even a woman with four disparate personalities....Ultimately, "Tara" will probably work best for those who embrace its pleasures without nitpicking its inconsistencies, instead delighting in the opportunity to spend a breezy half-hour with Collette on a weekly basis. Because whatever the show's modest shortcomings, this is unabashedly a vehicle for a star who brings meaning to the notion of having personality aplenty -- and then some.
I LOVE YOU TONI COLLETTE!!!
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