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- Amazon Prime
- Oct 13, 2016
- Amazon Prime
- Oct 13, 2016
Summary The David E. Kelley legal drama co-written with Jonathan Shapiro focuses on alcoholic, down-and-out attorney Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton) who sees a chance for redemption with a wrongful death case against an aerospace company represented by his former law partner (William Hurt) and the law firm he co-founded (and was fired from).
Created By: David E. Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro
- Amazon Prime
- Oct 13, 2016
- Amazon Prime
- Oct 13, 2016
Summary The David E. Kelley legal drama co-written with Jonathan Shapiro focuses on alcoholic, down-and-out attorney Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton) who sees a chance for redemption with a wrongful death case against an aerospace company represented by his former law partner (William Hurt) and the law firm he co-founded (and was fired from).
Created By: David E. Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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62% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
65
62% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
38% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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In “Fargo,” Thornton’s character was pure evil, but in Goliath he's just flawed--despicable at times, but with a good heart that shows often as he pursues justice against his old law firm and partner. This one’s quite bingeworthy.
The show has the kind of jaunty professionalism of a John Grisham novel, in which an outmatched lawyer takes on a, yes, goliath, and usually wins at great personal expense.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 114 User Ratings
7.6
76% Positive
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
14% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
10% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 114 User Ratings
7.6
76% Positive
87 Ratings
87 Ratings
14% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
10% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Makes me wonder what critics view as good TV now a days when it gets a 6.5 overall yet fans on sites like Amazon, Metacritic and IMBD give it well over an 8. Simpy put, It's a fantastic show. A little slow to start but that's only with the first episode. Once episode two starts, It's full throttle and it hasn't stopped. The cast is amazing, Especially Billy Bob Thornton. The story is interesting and keeps you entertained and wanting to know what happens next. This is the first Prime show I watched and it's fantastic. Definitely gonna give the others a go.
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SEASON 1
Very well acted- suspenseful and beautifully scripted - We loved it- and can't wait until Season 2 in hopes their is a Season 2. we hope the same actors are in Season 2....
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SEASON 1
Kelley and Shapiro are a little too in love with their quirks to create a show that doesn’t occasionally tip over into unearned melodrama and/or Gothic horror, and the series’ understanding of lesbian relationships, in particular, is straight out of 1992. But at its core, where it counts, Goliath does more good than bad.
What keeps Goliath watchable, and it's certainly quite watchable, is the superlative ensemble cast, particularly Billy Bob Thornton, whose gift at taking predictably quirky characters and making the beats of that quirkiness slightly off-kilter is close to unmatched.
That's a lot of acting chops squeezed into one series, and Kelley is too gifted a writer not to produce some clever dialogue and twists; still, the tale of a drunken lawyer seizing this shot at redemption can't help but feel a tad stale, almost like a variation of Thornton's "The Bad News Bears" role.
Thornton seems to be playing against script. His Billy seems to be thoroughly enjoying himself, despite the dire circumstances he finds himself in. It’s about the only surprise in Goliath. By the end of the second episode, it becomes obvious there are forces in play that will stop at nothing to thwart Billy’s quest for answers.
Even great casts have their limits, and in the case of Goliath, they give this shaggy drama just enough electricity to keep interest without offering a genuine reason to care about what’s going on episode to episode.
I agree with Adspe completely--"disjointed and pretentious" is dead on.
There were attempts at artistic flavor, but the photographers, the directors, and especially the writers simply weren't skilled enough to pull them off. They were trying for Stanley Kubrick in some scenes, but they ended up with Michael Bay.
Especially annoying was William Hurt's character: a villain who could have been interesting but was merely rendered comical. The burn scars, the dark penthouse, the clicker--what was this, a Bond movie? Totally unnecessary. In Hurt's more than capable hands, he could have conveyed menace and evil beautifully, but all the schlock hindered him.
Furthermore, the pacing was deplorable. Too many scenes that lasted WAY too long. Found myself screaming at the screen "Get on with it!"
Too bad. There are some great elements--wonderful performances, a sense of realism, and a terrific moral center. But 'Goliath' was trying to do too many things at once, trying to be something that it wasn't. I'll give it a 6 myself just because of the performances (despite one of the best actor's performances being stifled by comic-book banality), but a great deal of the show failed. If there's a second season, let's hope it improves.
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SEASON 1
This had all the makings of a really good show, but just fell short. Billy Bob is great as usual. William Hurt is good in the role of a comically evil lawyer. There are other shows I wish I would have watched before this, but you could do worse.
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SEASON 1
Season one was ok watching Billy's hair change was fun, season two was time in my life I will never get back. It made no sense at all one show seemed to be from a different series?
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