Ashley Karchevsky

This show has a lot of redeeming qualities: the dedication to period-accuracy is highly apparent, the cultural-isms of New York and Jewish families…all very well done. However, the main character goes from a spoiled, catty, but very charming rich girl to an insufferable, entitled brat with zero insight and no parenting skills. She repeatedly, and nonchalantly, ruins others lives and plays the victim instead of taking responsibility. The other characters lack depth, and the plot shifts all over the place leaving many unsatisfied avenues open. Basically the character development is seriously lacking and it results in a show that, while semi-entertaining, is highly predictable, has a lot of obvious plot-holes, and is, at times, maddeningly stupid. At bare minimum, it’s fun to see the set and costumes accuracy, and for the characters of Susie, her manager, and Lenny Bruce, another comic.

I sincerely cannot understand why anyone would be compelled to rate this film well. It’s embarrassing. Terrible acting, or at least, horrendous scriptwriting. Zero meaningful character development with next to no background. Disjointed scenes with lines that have little context. Scenes that were meant to be show stopping were absolute duds, highlighted by terrible CGI. Such a shame that Russell Crowe chose to be involved in this misstep.

Acting is abysmal. Still mildly entertaining but I can barely keep from rolling my eyes at least 5-6 times per episode over the poorly acted one liners 🤣