Hulu’s new gripping crime drama Good American Family has hooked everyone in with the unsettling true story of a Midwestern couple who adopted a girl with a rare form of dwarfism - only to accuse her of lying about her age.
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Created by Katie Robbins and starring Ellen Pompeo and Mark Duplass as Kristine and Michael Barnett, the couple who adopted Natalia (who is played by Imogen Faith Reid), the series follows the turbulent battle between Natalia and the Barnetts.
At first, we see things from the Barnetts' point of view, before switching to Natalia's perspective later in the show, causing viewers to second guess themselves alongside the characters.
While it is based on a true story, Pompeo recently opened up about how the creators made their own storytelling decisions in hopes of challenging the audience.
"We’re coming up with our own version of what this story could have been, so this isn’t sort of a beat-for-beat of what their experience was," she told Vanity Fair.
"It’s really what we do here, I guess, in Hollywood. We make entertainment that hopefully provokes thought, and we take a set of circumstances and put our spin on it."
Read on for everything you need to know about how to watch Good American Family in the UK.
Where to watch Good American Family in the UK
Good American family will arrive in the UK on Wednesday 9th April on Disney Plus.
The first five episodes will be available to stream from then, with the remaining three episodes airing weekly.
It arrived on Hulu in the US on Wednesday 19th March.
How many episodes of Good American Family are there?
There are eight episodes in total.
The first two episodes premiered on 19th March in the US and will launch on 9th April in the UK and internationally.
What is Good American Family about?
Ellen Pompeo as Kristine Barnett in Good American Family. Disney+
The series is based on "the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism".
"Butas they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is," reads the official synopsis.
"As they defend their family from the daughter they’ve grown to believe is a threat, she fights her own battle to confront her past and what her future holds, in a showdown that ultimately plays out in the tabloids and the courtroom."
Good American Family is "told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias, and trauma".
Good American Family cast
Imogen Faith Reid plays adoptee Natalia Grace.
Ellen Pompeo and Mark Duplass play Natalia's adoptive parents, Kristine and Michael Barnett.
Recurring guest stars include Dulé Hill, Christina Hendricks, Sarayu Blue and Jenny O’Hara.
Good American Family premiered on 19th March on Hulu in the US and launches on 9th April on Disney Plus in the UK and internationally.
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