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- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO
Summary The eight-episode sequel to The Young Pope adds Massimo Ghini, Henry Goodman, John Malkovich, Marilyn Manson, Sharon Stone, and Ulrich Thomsen.
Created By: Paolo Sorrentino
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2020
- TV-MA
- HBO
The New Pope
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 10, 2020
63
7.8
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Summary The eight-episode sequel to The Young Pope adds Massimo Ghini, Henry Goodman, John Malkovich, Marilyn Manson, Sharon Stone, and Ulrich Thomsen.
Created By: Paolo Sorrentino
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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42% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
58% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
63
42% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
58% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Sorrentino’s series remains one of the most unique, enigmatic, and exhilarating television experiences that you can watch for depth, for fun, or for a wild combination of both.
Outrageous, audacious, seductive, sexy and byzantine, to say nothing of visually voluptuous. ... “The New Pope,” which opens with Lenny Belardo, aka Pius XIII, still on life support, is about the writing—writing that, for most of the series’ nine episodes, is pure mischief.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
7% Mixed
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3 Ratings
13% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
7% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
13% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
This is a unique TV show, very original and interesting. Of course, the best is the details of every aspect of the Vatican and the excellent cast. I watched the previous season (The Young Pope) and I was thrilled by it, specially by Jude Law, and this one adds another milestone of acting: Mr. John Malkovich. A MUST SEE show, fascinating, amazing, entertaining and unforgetable
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The payoffs of “The New Pope,” whether you enjoy them or not, are mostly in the visual flourishes and conceits, often set to pointedly secular pop songs. ... It has strong elements of workplace sitcom, but it even more closely resembles another venerable genre: the Mafia movie. Voiello and his ecclesiastical associates, bickering and maneuvering, are like the members of a crime family, making offers that maybe, with eternity in mind, you shouldn’t refuse.
Despite the three-and-a-half-year gap between The Young Pope and The New Pope, the nine-part sequel series feels remarkably contiguous with its predecessor. ... Occasionally, The New Pope flirts with transcendence.
As fun as it is to watch Malkovich inhabit him, he’s not as compelling as Pius, whose presence hovers over the season despite his being unconscious for a lot of it. ... The New Pope would be much more enjoyable if it were streamlined into the five or six episodes necessary to effectively tell the story that needs to be told. Instead, we get nine, at least three of which just tread water.
The New Pope retains the formalist beauty and sumptuousness of its predecessor while failing to measure up storytelling-wise.
Striking but completely unnecessary addendum to his wildly imaginative, provocative (and frankly much better) 2017 series, “The Young Pope.”
Lacks both the subtlety and humour of The Young Pope. I was tremendously pleased to see this return to the schedules - but have been very disappointed in the season so far. The narrative is dull, and while the episodes are still often very beautiful, man how they drag. Also this series doesn't so much fail the Bechdel test it fails it and then craps all over it for good measure. Awful sexualised stereotypes of women, awful writing for women - quite depressing really. Not recommended
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Production Company:
- Wildside
- Haut et Court
- Mediapro
- Sky Italia
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- Canal+
Initial Release Date: Jan 10, 2020
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, Italy
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
