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New Netflix drama, starring and directed by Jason Bateman. Also has Laura Linney opposite him. It apparently has a plot that revolves around crime as well.
Will anyone check it out? I'm a little tentative because I'm not the biggest fan of Bateman in drama roles (see "Hancock"). I do like him in comedic roles for the most part, but I just don't feel that he can pull off a serious acting role where he has to transmit how he feels to the audience without actually speaking sometimes.
The show currently has a 67 on Metacritic. One critic described it as the opposite of "Breaking Bad," saying:
"Bateman's commanding performance powers a gripping, twisty, sometimes spotty yarn that plays like Breaking Bad in reverse, a darkly comic deconstruction of antihero fantasy about a man flailing to rediscover the value of human life."
I think I will check it out. I fucking love crime drama's, whether on film or television. I haven't seen any of it yet, but I will say that before Bryan Cranston was cast in BB, he was largely known as a comedic actor, particularly for his role in "Malcolm in the Middle." Also, that show's first season good good reviews, but nowhere close to the critical acclaim subsequent seasons got (I think the first season of BB had a 74 on Metacritic).
Maybe Bateman can catch lightening in a bottle with "Ozark."
Will anyone check it out? I'm a little tentative because I'm not the biggest fan of Bateman in drama roles (see "Hancock"). I do like him in comedic roles for the most part, but I just don't feel that he can pull off a serious acting role where he has to transmit how he feels to the audience without actually speaking sometimes.
The show currently has a 67 on Metacritic. One critic described it as the opposite of "Breaking Bad," saying:
"Bateman's commanding performance powers a gripping, twisty, sometimes spotty yarn that plays like Breaking Bad in reverse, a darkly comic deconstruction of antihero fantasy about a man flailing to rediscover the value of human life."
I think I will check it out. I fucking love crime drama's, whether on film or television. I haven't seen any of it yet, but I will say that before Bryan Cranston was cast in BB, he was largely known as a comedic actor, particularly for his role in "Malcolm in the Middle." Also, that show's first season good good reviews, but nowhere close to the critical acclaim subsequent seasons got (I think the first season of BB had a 74 on Metacritic).
Maybe Bateman can catch lightening in a bottle with "Ozark."