State: Canceled
Genre: Drama
Origin:
United States
Developed by: Sam Levinson, The Weeknd and Reza Fahim
Stars: Lily-Rose Depp, The Weeknd and Suzanna Son
IMDb score:
5,2 (82.692)
Original language: Engels
Releasedate: Sunday 4 June 2023
The Idol plot
Jocelyn is a rising star in the pop world. A nervous breakdown forced her to cancel her most recent tour. Now she's set her sights on reclaiming her title as America's greatest sex icon. In addition, she begins a complicated relationship with a self-proclaimed self-help guru, who is also the head of a cult cult.
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jacobine_rodijk
- 269 comments
- 1647 votes
The cinematography, as with Levinson's other series 'Euphoria,' is excellent; beyond that, the series has almost nothing interesting to offer. A wafer-thin storyline, empty characters, and actors unable to elevate a poor script to "mediocre". I don't know what writer/director Amy Seimetz had in store before she left/fired from the series, but it must have been better than what we've been served now.
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Threeohthree
- 69 comments
- 598 votes
Not good,
Not because it is allegedly pornographic, not because it condones abuse, but simply because the overall picture is really not good. Mikey already said it above, but the characters + acting + script have been completely pushed aside for some bare tits and semi-sexy scenes. Those semi-sexy scenes are quite daring for a series yes, but if you have to believe some IMDB reviews this is on the verge of pornography, well, you're not watching porn and no European films.
Episode 1 actually starts quite nicely with that intimacy coordinator and that scandal, well, then everything was actually said. It has clearly been decided to keep the characters fairly flat (Sam Levinson has shown with Malcom & Marie/Euphoria that he can create excellent characters), well if you don't have much to offer in terms of style (visually this is a lot less than Euphoria) you get quite an ugly soulless work.
That condoning of abuse, well, I'm not worried about it, glad it's over. 2 stars for Depp's boobies, the sexy scenes, and the soundtrack. Especially That's My Family by Chloe is very beautiful.
2*
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