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- Jul 13, 2023
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- Jul 13, 2023
Summary An investigation into a Manhattan kidnapping reveals connections outside New York City in the limited series from Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon.
Created By: Ed Solomon
- MAX
- Jul 13, 2023
- MAX
- Jul 13, 2023
Summary An investigation into a Manhattan kidnapping reveals connections outside New York City in the limited series from Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon.
Created By: Ed Solomon
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
70
57% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
0% Negative
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You can lay a sure bet that the tightest, most original show of the summer will be a TV mini-series hardly anyone knows about: Steven Soderbergh’s “Full Circle.” .... To top it off, the series’ cast is on fire (get ready for multiple Emmy nominations next year).
It’s not as ambitious as “The Knick” or crowd-pleasing as “Erin Brockovich,” “Logan Lucky,” or the “Ocean’s” movies. But it’s not trying to be. Taken as a creative twist on a tried-and-true format, it balances the experimental and the satisfying in a way TV should strive for more often.
The story unfolds, primarily in New York City, as a series of disconnected plot pieces, and the promise is that they will cohere, that, ultimately, we will understand how they’re all linked. Scene by scene, “Full Circle,” premiering July 13 on Max, delivers big time, largely thanks to Soderbergh, whose visual dynamics are wonderfully compelling.
There’s a baseline of competency that comes with Soderbergh and Solomon’s decades of experience, here put in service of compelling themes like karma and the long shadow of colonialism. “Full Circle” is a minor work from a major voice, though the show completes its arc with aplomb.
We’re going to give Full Circle a very tentative STREAM IT, because we’ve got confidence that Solomon and Soderbergh have a way to bring these characters and stories into a tighter focus. But, boy, it might be a tough first couple of hours getting to that point.
An impressive cast makes this HBO limited series reasonably watchable, but in this case, what goes around doesn’t completely come around.
Given the talent involved both behind and in front of the camera, Full Circle is a disappointing, monotonous, and confusing mess that any non-hardcore fan of its writer and director duo should avoid.
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Generally Favorable
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57% Positive
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