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“People deserve a second chance, just like businesses.”
Marty Byrde
PLOT
"A financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss" or "Another type of Breaking Bad"
SCRIPT
This show is strongly inspired by Breaking Bad but deal with the matter of human corruption by a collective view. The show explore how a life of misguided choices brings yourself and all the other around you to follow in your footsteps, like the Byrde's kids, or to die, like a large part of the character of this show.
You're going to cheer for the Byrde family as they get themselves out of their uncomfortable situation and build a new wealthy status as a strong family. It won't last long because the awe and respect for them will leave its place to a strange sensation and then you'll realise that the people you've been cheering up for so long where actually the villains of this story.
This is what makes this show remarkably compelling and entertaining, because in the end, they aren't the kind of people you want to deal with.
Script: 9/10
ACTING
This series showcases a lot of talent which gets to show its extremely wide range.
Starting with the superb Laura Linney who shows a lot of different emotions and becomes a ruthless selfish wife who cares only about the ends.
Jason Bateman is pretty good as the cold, rational and detached husband who is selfish, sharp, bold and manipulatory.
Sofia Hublitz and Skylar Gaertner deliver remarkable performances which mirror their fictional parents's ones.
Julia Garner is awesome here. Not only she nails the south american accent which is out f her comfort zone but has emotional journey which push her to her mental and physical limits.
The other actors are good as well.
Overall this is a pretty impressive cast.
Acting: 8/10
PHOTOGRAPHY
This series doesn't shine and a lot of coldness permeate from every scene due to a undersatured blue filter which is strongly opposed to the setting of the show, which is usually hot. There're a lot of geniunely beautiful shots which makes this series more valuable than it looks.
Photography: 7/10
EDITING
The first season set up a good qualit which carries on in the next seasons. The point is that it becomes tedious and repetitive quickly, even though it doesn't ruin the experience, it makes it a bit cold. Considering that the series wants to look and feel that way, I think that this is a positive.
Editing: 7/10
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Most of them are seamless to keep the show grounded. This is why I won't go beyond a simple six with this section.
Special Effects: 6/10
SOUNDTRACK
In it's neatness I find it interesting. It doesn't deliver impressive highs but it's built in a way that when it's on, you can feel the tension crawling and growing on you.I'm lowkey impressed.
Soundtrack: 7/10
COSTUMES
Not much to say about it. Ordinary clothes with no uderlying meaning.
Costumes: 6/10
CONCLUSION
Script: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Photography: 7/10
Editing: 7/10
Special Effects: 6/10
Soundtrack: 7/10
Costumes: 6/10
AVERAGE: 7,14
A powerful, cynical and entertaining series which will show you have families could be corrupted by money as a whole. A must see.
Director: Jason Bateman
Screenplay: Bill Dubuque, Mark Williams
Cast: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Julia Garner, Jordana Spiro, Jason Butler Harner, Esai Morales, Peter Mullan, Lisa Emery, Charlie Tahan, Janet McTeer, Tom Pelphrey, Jessica Frances Dukes, Felix Solis, Damian Young, Alfonso Herrera, Adam Rothenberg
Soundtrack: Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Cinematography: Ben Kutchins, Armando Salas
Running Time: 60 min
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