There are some series that make noise even before their release: the charming Sirens, new miniseries coming out this Thursday, May 22 on Netflix, is no exception. One must say that, in addition to being produced by the studio of Margot Robbie, it is Julianne Moore who holds the main role, and with her, we even find our darling Kevin Bacon in a supporting role! Zoom on this series between social thriller and comedy, with a cast that makes your mouth water and that definitely makes you want to press play.
Succumb to the songs of Sirens
No one is necessarily good or bad in this series, but every choice during the short weekend where it takes place has drastic consequences… Shall we make you the portrait of the characters? The magnetic Michaela (Julianne Moore) is married to the millionaire Patrick Kell (Kevin Bacon). She, overwhelmed by her millions and her schedule, hires Simone DeWitt as home assistant. This little golden cocoon is disrupted from one day to the next when the big sister of Simone, who sacrificed everything to take care of their sick father in Buffalo, bursts in unexpectedly to force her younger sister to come back home. It is the culture shock: the elder no longer recognizes this real-life Barbie become slave of the high bourgeoisie.
A White Lotus in Netflix sauce
In only 5 episodes and under its pink-candy comedy look, this gem much more tricky than it looks turns out to be a mischievous satire of the ultra-rich, of women facing power and of their relationships to the world around them. Simone (Milly Alcock, the princess Targaryen from House of the Dragon), who clings to her Freudian relationship with her boss (Julianne Moore, sublime as a cold and mysterious boss), delights in this unheard-of luxury. The two actresses radiate charm and excel as apathetic women ready for anything to maintain their situations.
But it is maybe Devon, played by Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) who, as an incurable hot mess in this so codified world, proves to be without doubt the chicest of the three women. The family ties of the sisters, eroded by their shared traumas and their opposite life choices, question their respective moralities.
And if the male characters seem secondary and powerless facing these charismas with enchanting power, their role is in fact absolutely central. There is finally in this dark comedy something quite tragic in these destinies of women who face their lives or who decide to flee them, leaving a bitter taste after the viewing. A short and striking series, to binge-watch in a weekend!
Sirens, on Netflix May 22, 2025.
