TV series

Cry Wolf

1 season

A tense, emotionally draining watch that keeps you on edge as it explores an impossible moral dilemma.

Overview: A social worker and a mother thrust into crisis when the mother’s teenage daughter alleges abuse, pushing both women to their limits as they navigate an impossible situation.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, trauma, morality, deception
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
trauma
morality
deception
parenthood
Places: small town
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, mystery
Created by: Sarah Treem
Starring: Olivia Colman, Brie Larson, Shawn Hatosy, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Jack Greig, William Jackson Harper
Length: 1 seasons, 1 episodes
Network: FX, Hulu
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom, Denmark
Languages: English