Apple Cider Vinegar 2025 Tv Show Review
This is such a brilliant series. The acting is some of the best I’ve ever seen and it’s got an amazing cast of Australian actors. I have to start with Susie Porter, Aussie indie darling from the noughties continues to show why she is one of the best playing Milla’s mother Tamara, who not only supports her daughters alternative health journey through cancer but chooses it for herself. She is beautifully complimented by Matt Nable, as Milla’s Dad, who frustratedly supports his wife and daughter through their dubious beliefs.
Essie Davis as Belle’s mother Natalie is a dream, she is giving Fountain Lakes/ Muriel’s Wedding and I’m here for it. And it’s great to see my favourite Water Rat, Catherine McClements, as the penguin publisher Julie. Surprise pop up from Drazic, Callan Mulvey, who plays Dr Phil (without both a moustache and a Texan drawl).
But the true winners are the three females leads. Aisha Dee, as Chanelle, Belle’s assistant was fantastic in the Safe Home series and she shines here. Alycia Debnam-Carey, as Belle’s wellness warrior competition Mila, gets to show of her emotional chops whilst exploring the pitfalls of a fervent belief in alternative medicine. And finally Kaitlyn Dever not only has the most authentic Australian accents, one that she doesn’t lose whilst belting out Katy Perry’s Roar, but she simultaneously makes you understand and hate Belle.
The series is also incredibly responsible in its take down of social media, alternative health and our belief in others.
