{"id":4854,"date":"2025-06-16T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=4854"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:45:48","slug":"amazon-prime-videos-new-summer-thriller-is-definitely-worth-the-hype-trust-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/16\/amazon-prime-videos-new-summer-thriller-is-definitely-worth-the-hype-trust-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Prime Video\u2019s new summer thriller is definitely worth the hype \u2013 trust me"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Would someone please spare a thought for the offspring of the mega wealthy? It’s something TV has been asking us to do for years and it looks like the going still isn’t great for the super-rich in We Were Liars.<\/p>\n

In the latest glossy spin on the rich-people-having-a-terrible-time<\/a> sub-genre of the small screen, Amazon Prime Video<\/a><\/strong> has turned the smash BookTok sensation<\/a> from E Lockhart into a twisty, turny eight-part adaptation.<\/p>\n

On this occasion the fabulously wealthy family in question are the Sinclairs, a Kennedy-esque<\/a> oppressively blonde brood who every summer decamp to their private island Beechwood, near Martha’s Vineyard.<\/p>\n

The picture-postcard setting is their very own summer idyll, with huge houses and endless opportunities to cannonball into the aquamarine water. <\/p>\n

Yet all is not as it seems. \u2018Something terrible happened last summer,\u2019 our heroine Cady Sinclair \u2013 played by Emily Alyn Lind of the doomed Gossip Girl reboot<\/a> \u2013 tells us. \u2018I have no memory of what or who hurt me.\u2019 <\/p>\n

We see Cady\u2019s mangled half-naked body atop a cliff at the end of summer, after a mysterious incident which the entire show wraps around. We flashback to the beginning of June to, like Cady, piece together everything she forgot and find out what happened.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s Johnny (Joseph Zada), Mirren (Esther McGregor) and Gat (Shubham Maheshwari), who is the outsider of the group, as not technically a Sinclair, and one of the only non-white people on Beechwood.<\/p>\n<p>Before everything goes bust for Cady, a long-simmering attraction to Gat finally blossoms into full-blown summer romance. The show bottles up that giddy feeling of being a teenager with a huge crush \u2013 it\u2019s a lot of close-ups on eyes, mouths, feet and hands as they brush \u2013 even if it is on someone who’s positioned as cousin-adjacent.<\/p>\n<p>In between the summer loving, there\u2019s inevitable family drama. The Sinclair grandfather Harris (David Morse) only doles out his affection and its accompanying cash in teaspoon measures. Everyone has a secret hidden beneath their quiet luxury clothing and none of the three Sinclair daughters are happy with their lot. <\/p>\n<p>The highlight among them is <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/the-vampire-diaries\/\">The Vampire Diaries’<\/a> Candice King, although it is strange to see her playing an embittered mother when she doesn\u2019t look much different from vampiric Caroline.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255740015-ef9e.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23426013\" alt=\"David Morse, Emily Alyn Lind\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Harris is the hard-to-please Sinclair patriarch (Picture: Jessie Redmond\/Prime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_255740079-203c.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23426009\" alt=\"Emily Alyn Lind, Esther McGregor, Joseph Zada, Shubham Maheshwari\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The Liars: Cady, Mirren, Johnny and Gat (Picture: Jessie Redmond\/Prime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Cady isn\u2019t making ominous reference to her impending amnesia via voiceover, We Were Liars is largely a summer vibes machine with a big-budget soundtrack (HAIM! Hozier! Good Neighbours!) you\u2019ll be seeking out on <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/spotify\/\">Spotify<\/a>. The sunny daytime is this show\u2019s domain, so much so you might find yourself squinting at the screen during the under-lit nighttime scenes. <\/p>\n<p>Cady helpfully dyes her hair brown after her accident. But even with this visual aid, the hopscotching time frame between two summers can be confusing, much like Cady\u2019s own patchy memory of things.<\/p>\n<p>The breathy voiceover doesn’t do much to clue you in on what’s happening when, since it starts to sound like <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/carrie-bradshaw\/\">Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s column<\/a> word salad when you really tune into what she\u2019s quite repetitively saying.<\/p>\n<p>But whenever you start to feel bogged down in the so-so teen melodrama, some big reveal will come from another corner of the show to pull you back in. This is the show’s strength: it moves at a clip and there is always something barmy happening to one of the Sinclairs. <\/p>\n<p>Unlike the best eat-the-rich mysteries, this is painfully lacking in the laughs department and probably takes itself a bit too seriously. But you won’t regret sticking around for the final reveal to plug the gap in Cady\u2019s memory: it’s so bonkers it’s beyond the guessing game.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We Were Liars is available to stream on Prime Video from June 18.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >It’s time to go to Beechwood Island (Picture: Jessie Redmond\/Prime) Would someone please spare a thought for the offspring of the mega wealthy? 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