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- 2015
- TV-14
- Amazon Prime
- 2015
- TV-14
- Amazon Prime
Summary The life of Zelda Fitzgerald (Christina Ricci) is chronicled from her first meeting with F. Scott (Gavin Stenhouse in the pilot and David Hoflin in the rest of the season) in 1918 in the drama series created by Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin.
Created By: Dawn Prestwich, Nicole Yorkin
- 2015
- TV-14
- Amazon Prime
- 2015
- TV-14
- Amazon Prime
Z: The Beginning of Everything
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 31, 2015
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6.5
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Summary The life of Zelda Fitzgerald (Christina Ricci) is chronicled from her first meeting with F. Scott (Gavin Stenhouse in the pilot and David Hoflin in the rest of the season) in 1918 in the drama series created by Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin.
Created By: Dawn Prestwich, Nicole Yorkin
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
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41% Mixed
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6% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
61
53% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
For Fitzgerald fans, wannabe Fitzgerald fans, or even people who can appreciate a well-done period drama, Z has a lot to offer, even as it gives us lots to think about.
Even though we know this is one love story that doesn’t end well, The Beginning of Everything delivers an entertaining seduction into a fabulous, bygone world.
The show finds a nice groove about halfway through, after husband and wife settle in Roaring '20s Manhattan and proceed to tear the town apart.
The story itself is interesting, if well-known, but the series is overacted, over-accented, and overwritten. [27 Jan 2017, p.55]
While Ricci and Hoflin play well together, the intensity of that primal force, particularly from Scott’s side, doesn’t always come across. He needs a simmering intensity.
The show’s repetitive storytelling would be less of a problem if it had more depth, but its characterizations rarely go beyond the rudimentary, and its dialogue is often clunky.
It’s possible that an acceptable performance could have patched over some of the cavernous inconsistencies in Zelda’s characterization, but Ricci’s performance is abominable.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
6.5
66% Positive
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21% Mixed
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14% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
6.5
66% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
21% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
14% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Amazon Studios
- Killer Films
- Picrow
Initial Release Date: Oct 31, 2015
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Nomination
