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- Amazon Prime
- Jun 17, 2016
- Amazon Prime
- Jun 17, 2016
Summary Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel, studio exec Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer) faces off with studio head Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer) as Brady's daughter Celia (Lily Collins) seeks to become a producer in 1930s Hollywood.
- Amazon Prime
- Jun 17, 2016
- Amazon Prime
- Jun 17, 2016
Summary Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel, studio exec Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer) faces off with studio head Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer) as Brady's daughter Celia (Lily Collins) seeks to become a producer in 1930s Hollywood.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
57
40% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
50% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
57
40% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
50% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
10% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
The Last Tycoon--from Billy Ray and Christopher Keyser, executive producers and writers--has, in addition to its looks, superb writing, wit and huge ambition, its grasp of the passionate political heart of the era. There are no dead spots.
Matt Bomer is magnetic as Monroe Stahr, a golden-boy producer drive to churn out premium content to keep a struggling dream factory afloat. [21/28 July 2017, p.113]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.4
59% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
18% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
23% Negative
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5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.4
59% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
18% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
23% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Despite a somewhat dull leading man, The Last Tycoon is a relatively successful series, far more realistic and multifaceted than many of its fellows that attempt to show the seedier side of moviemaking in the Golden Age.
The Last Tycoon, like its lead, is spread too thin and is a bit shallow.
A wildly uneven series -- a Hollywood melodrama whose frothy soapiness produces a few strong performances and a host of clichés.
[The Last Tycoon is] full of awkward, hokey dialogue and clumsy contrivances. Even the production values are mediocre; the occasional clips meant to replicate ’30s-era movies are especially phony and unconvincing. Fitzgerald based Monroe on real-life studio executive Irving Thalberg, but the show has Thalberg appear as a separate character, and the consistently ineffective mix of real and fictional characters highlights how poorly the series captures such a fascinating world.
With its artificial look and shallow characters, the series is too transparent in the construction of its own illusion to be fully immersive.
'The Last Tycoon' has an amazing ensemble cast, but the story feels to unsure of itself. Despite its high production values, the story cannot surpass its defaults, sometimes being too boring to follow.
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SEASON 1
Another great idea poorly executed, just angst from the get go. Conflict and arguments are constant. Nobody smokes, no ashtrays on tables, all clothes are perfect and clean, no garbage in the streets, perfect hair, on and on... The suspension of disbelief has to hook itself onto something, but not here. Sorry, this ones a gonna, along with its cliched story lines, that have been pushed out in much better previous iterations.
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SEASON 1
It's just torture to watch because they could've done so many cool things with the show and what they chose to do is so incredibly melodramatic. People are comparing this show to 'Mad Men' and that is really unfortunate. What made 'Mad Men' fascinating was we saw inside the advertising world. While this show takes place inside a studio not a lot of time is spent making movies. Instead there is all this time spent by the protagonist weeping over his dead wife. As viewers we have no connection to this dead character so the emotion on display is just awkward to watch. Also, something that really bothers me in period pieces is when they show cars and they're gleaming and clean, like they just got out of a museum (because they were on loan from a museum for the shoot). Seeing everything so perfect and glamour during THE DEPRESSION makes this show more of a fantasy than 'Game of Thrones.' Men are wearing suits in LOS ANGELES and don't even sweat - they're calm, and cool and dapper all the time. Give me a break. The studio system era is such a fascinating time in Hollywood history, particularly its cruelty toward female and minority talent. Yet is any of that explored in this show? Nope. It's about some high-powered white dude with too many feelings.
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