The perfect actor gives a magnificent performance ... and yet the show around her falls flat The great handicap of HBO's new four-part costume drama Catherine the Great (Sky Atlantic) is that she's not Henry VIII. Little common knowledge can be assumed and an awful lot of time and effort has to be spent explaining quite where we are and who has done what to whom to get us there. An opening caption sets the scene, which you can choose to read in your A-Team or Star Wars voice: "Catherine's turbul...
Catherine the Great review - Mirren's labour of love needs magic touch
The Guardian - 3 Oct 2019 23:00
The perfect actor gives a magnificent performance ... and yet the show around her falls flat The great handicap of HBO's new four-part costume drama Catherine the Great (Sky Atlantic) is that she's not Henry VIII. Little common knowledge can be assumed and an awful lot of time and effort has to be spent explaining quite where we are and who has done what to whom to get us there. An opening caption sets the scene, which you can choose to read in your A-Team or Star Wars voice: "Catherine's turbul...
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