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- Apple TV+
- Mar 11, 2022
- Apple TV+
- Mar 11, 2022
Summary Suffering from dementia, Ptolemy (Samuel L. Jackson) gets a new teenaged caretaker (Dominique Fishback) and together, they discover treatment that temporarily restores Ptolemy's memories in the limited series based on the novel of the same name by Walter Mosley.
- Apple TV+
- Mar 11, 2022
- Apple TV+
- Mar 11, 2022
Summary Suffering from dementia, Ptolemy (Samuel L. Jackson) gets a new teenaged caretaker (Dominique Fishback) and together, they discover treatment that temporarily restores Ptolemy's memories in the limited series based on the novel of the same name by Walter Mosley.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
75
73% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
27% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Emotionally thrilling. ... Jackson brings every conceivable shading to the role. [14 - 27 Mar 2022, p.7]
Jackson and Fishback fill the screen with pain that goes bone-deep, and joy that feels like a glorious victory.
While “Ptolemy” has flaws in its execution, it’s redeemed by earth-shaking performances, and justifies Jackson’s desire to spotlight a storyteller confined to the page for too long.
Stretched over six episodes, the series sometimes gets bogged down in repeating itself, and tacks on a few too many epilogues after a classic contesting-the-will sequence that would made for a most satisfying ending. Still, this is a richly written, wonderfully acted series with a heartfelt, searing, tender performance by Samuel L. Jackson that ranks among his very best.
Two episodes into The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, its potential is clear, even if its setup is laboriously unraveled.
It encourages conversation about mortality, passing along wisdom and wealth across generations, honoring the sacrifices of others, and anticipating the promises of the future. It just takes an unnecessarily laborious path to communicate its themes.
When the story is being allegorical, it can be dreary and more than a little condescending. When it plays things straight with a fairy-tale chaser, it goes down smoothly.
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