Netflix’s “Adolescence” Has Heart But Doesn’t Understand Its Subject Matter
On a quiet morning just like any other, the doors to a quaint West Yorkshire home are busted down by the police. We don’t yet know the circumstances of the crime 13-year-old boy Jamie Miller is being charged with, only that his family is taken by surprise by the violent ransacking of their home and subsequent arrest of their youngest child.
Certain there’s been a mistake, they beg for some clarification, only to be informed that their son is being arrested under suspicion of murder and just as quickly whisked away to the police station. Left in their wake is a giant hole in their front door that might as well be a giant hole in their hearts. Though they’re left dumbstruck by the whole ordeal, they maintain their resolve that it’s a colossal misunderstanding that will work itself out.