An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an earnest, intimate journey of redemption, forever changing seven lives.
Melancholy. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Prime Video and Hulu.
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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