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- HULU
- Feb 1, 2022
- HULU
- Feb 1, 2022
- HULU
- Feb 1, 2022
- HULU
- Feb 1, 2022
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 43 Critic Reviews
70
70% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
28% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 43 Critic Reviews
70
70% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
28% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The show performs an impressive turn around the halfway mark, reeling us into the personal lives of the people at the center of the scandal and telling an even stronger story about celebrity, the paper-thin divide between publicity and privacy, and what happens when human intimacy is swallowed up by glossy headlines.
It commits to its comedic peaks with the same gritty energy it devotes to emotional lows, inviting us to ride the couple's champagne and ecstasy-driven hedonism as it portrays their love, however hastily realized, as genuine.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
7.4
73% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
18% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
9% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
7.4
73% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
18% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
9% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
What if the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee tape had never leaked? What would have happened with the careers of both, or with their relationship? Maybe Pam had become a movie superstar, or maybe Baywatch had outshone the rest of her work. Perhaps their marriage didn't have much of a future, or perhaps they had become an unlikely stable couple.
The problem is that they will never know, because their life ceased to belong to them and became part of popular culture.
This is one of the thoughts that Pam & Tommy left me. The series is an excellent opportunity to demystify these two characters and put yourself in their shoes, find characteristics that you can identify with, be happy for them and then feel devastated for them.
That’s why the work of characterization and the interpretation of Lily James and Sebastian Stan is so extraordinary. The two main actors deserve a separate mention because their research work is perfectly projected in each of the episodes; they don’t do an imitation, but rather captured the essence of their characters and blended in with them.
It is important to clarify and acknowledge the respect with which directors, writers and actors treated Pamela Anderson. It was risky to involve comedy in a story like hers, but the series manages to do so without ever making fun of her. The comedy can be in certain situations, it can be in the pathetic character of Rand Gauthier or the extravagance of Tommy, but never in Pamela. And that is appreciated.
After watching the show, I find it a bit disappointing to see the media put so much emphasis and attention on just one scene (the talking ****, which you can surely recognize even if you haven't seen the show yet), when the show has so many moments that are much more transcendent and better achieved in terms of rhythm, setting, music and character development. It's not that it's a bad scene, in fact it perfectly represents Tommy's personality; however, I think there are better moments.
Also invaluable is the series' smooth transition from light comedy and romance to full-blown nightmare. As you get to the last chapters you realize that, as much as you would like to change things, there will be no happy ending here. A hopeful ending is what they give us, and it was the most we could hope for.
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SEASON 1
The casting on this was outstanding, especially Lily James and Sebastian Stan. Outstanding!
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SEASON 1
Pam & Tommy repeatedly acknowledges the unfair toll the sale of the tape took on Anderson’s life, even as it’s wildly entertaining most of the time. Pamela Anderson never got to have a Jane Fonda-esque second act, and maybe couldn’t have even if Rand Gauthier had never entered her husband’s life. But here, she at least gets her story retold in a far kinder and more endearing way.
Pam & Tommy turns a notorious media moment into a captivating, if undeniably tawdry, exploration of the price of celebrity in a culture where the complete loss of privacy is considered the price of fame.
There’s almost certainly a solid, two-hour movie contained within these eight episodes. We just spend too much time on meandering subplots, and too much time enduring Tommy Lee’s increasingly insufferable antics.
Whiplash settles in as the series vacillates in tone, trying all at once to be a crime thriller, a raunchy sex comedy, a critique of the media, and a reflection on a very famous woman's inner turmoil. It never figures out how to effectively tie those elements together, nor is it able to successfully make the case that Gauthier's story is just as important as Pamela's.
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worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
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SEASON 1
its bad... its cheap.. make up is perfect but after an hour i had to stop cause they are so dumb thats its not even fun to watch.. i wanted to like it but hell no ...
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SEASON 1
Such an awful show. No redeeming qualities at all. I don't know how much Seth Rogan is involved, but this is God awful with **** actors and a poorly put together story and character development. This show is so... Cringy.... Seth Rogan almost makes up for all the quality issues and **** acting, but not quite. Oh and at the start of the show, I laughed so hard at the air balling nailing into literally nothing!
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