This film is as by no means great but given Netflix's track record in films this is, in my opinion, a big win because it wasn't a dumpster fire.
The good: Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell, especially the latter, are spot-on for acting and there's a reason why these are both legends. The show does a good job of laying the baseline as to why this is a historic interview, who Epstein is, and why Prince Andrew needs to make an accounting.
The bad: I personally couldn't get into Billie Piper playing Sam McAlister, I thought it was over-acted and awkward. I actually think the story would have been so much better had it been from Gillian Anderson and Prince Andrew's perspective and not Sam's. Sam's backstory and home life seemed out of place and disjointed and disconnected from the film. The office politics as well as signpost misogyny conversations also just seemed unnecessary, the latter treated the audience like idiots.
Overall though I'll take the win and hope Netflix continues to put out films that are not terrible. A low bar, I admit, but I think it is achievable.
The good: Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell, especially the latter, are spot-on for acting and there's a reason why these are both legends. The show does a good job of laying the baseline as to why this is a historic interview, who Epstein is, and why Prince Andrew needs to make an accounting.
The bad: I personally couldn't get into Billie Piper playing Sam McAlister, I thought it was over-acted and awkward. I actually think the story would have been so much better had it been from Gillian Anderson and Prince Andrew's perspective and not Sam's. Sam's backstory and home life seemed out of place and disjointed and disconnected from the film. The office politics as well as signpost misogyny conversations also just seemed unnecessary, the latter treated the audience like idiots.
Overall though I'll take the win and hope Netflix continues to put out films that are not terrible. A low bar, I admit, but I think it is achievable.