- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 1, 2013
House of Cards (2013)
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Universal acclaim- based on 1220 Ratings
- Starring: Sakina Jaffrey, Robin Wright Penn, Michael Kelly
- Summary: The US remake of the 1990s British political miniseries moves the shenanigans to Washington DC. After learning he won't be appointed to a coveted Cabinet position, House Majority Whip Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire plan revenge on the administration he helped elect.
- Genre(s): Drama
- Creator: Beau Willimon
- Season 1 premiere date: Feb 1, 2013
- Episode Length: 60
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Positive: 20 out of 25
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Mixed: 4 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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Watch at whatever pace you'd like--immediately. Given its quality, I think you'll be drinking it all in sooner rather than later.
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It's a heavyweight new contender in the drama category, just as Netflix now is as a content provider.
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Deeply cynical about human beings as well as politics and almost gleeful in its portrayal of limitless ambition, House of Cards is a wonderfully sour take on power and corruption.
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Too jaded to lament the backroom maneuvering of politicians, the creators of House of Cards instead take that state of affairs as a given, tart it up, and fashion a wry piece of escapism--a backstabbing procedural delivered in a sophisticated style.
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I found the first two episodes handsome but sleazy, like a C.E.O. in a hotel bar. Yet by Episode 5 I was hypnotized by the show’s ensemble of two-faced sociopaths. Episode 8 was a thoughtful side trip into sympathy for Spacey’s devilish main character, but by then I was exhausted, and only my compulsive streak kept me going until the finale--at which point I was critically destabilized and looking forward to Season 2.
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Fincher's unemotional style comes through in the first two episodes, and the show could use more heat. But Spacey makes it worth watching.
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This series is about as inside-the-Beltway as Fiji, and Fincher's main plan to compensate for the stupidity level is to have the gentlemen whip off their glasses and the ladies whip off their clothes.
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Positive: 144 out of 170
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Mixed: 17 out of 170
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Negative: 9 out of 170
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