TV Review: I think Kate Winslet might be too posh to be properly grumpy in Mare of Easttown

— but here I am now, dying to see what happens next week

Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown.

I’ve fallen into Mare of Easttown (Sky Atlantic, Monday 9pm and Now). This isn’t because of Kate Winslet — it’s actually kind of despite her. Kate plays Mare, a grumpy detective in small-town America, with a falling-apart life, who is called upon to solve the murder of a young woman.

Kate Winslet is really good at a lot of things, from Titanic to The Reader. She’s just not very good at being grumpy. I’m not sure why, but she’s decided to play it as someone with a touch of lower-back pain. It’s more discomfort than a mood. I know it’s reverse snobbery to say this, but I think she might be too posh. (She’s not actually an aristocrat or anything, but you wouldn’t say she’s had a hard life.)