Miniseries – Ren Faire

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Tina S This is a very entertaining doc Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/22/25 Full Review Ravenswood R I had to stop watching this ten minutes into episode two. It was clearly going nowhere, as you can read in spoilers. I'd heard an interview with the director and he said he wants to tell the story "cinematically." He does try very hard to do this, but he lacks the talent to meet his goal, or he did not show these skills if he has them. The music made me stop. So overdone - every single scene with the creepy, mysterious, suspensful, intrusive music. This is to keep an atmosphere of "something really weird is going here," but nothing is weird. It is a dull story about a business whose obstinate and overindulged owner needs to retire (or die soon, he's 85), and, who will continue running the business? The people involved are not that interesting, though the director tries with the music and repetitive close-up shots to make them seem that way. These are average people, mid level business hacks, with normal problems and normal American inflated egos and self assessments. There is really no point in watching these particular people or their interactions at all, much less having a camera scrutinize them. The ren faire itself is not part of the story. Extremely disappointing. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Joseph H I went to Ren Faire expecting a more straight-forward docuseries in the vein of Tiger King or any other number of raucous documentaries. Unfortunately, Ren Faire is a docuseries recorded piece-meal over multiple years tackling only the most cursory glances at the history of this storied Renaissance Festival. The ultimate focus of the series is on the succession of ownership over the Texas Renaissance Festival, and how the paranoid, insipid, and frustrating views of an aging brilliant mind as he belittles everyone around him, is confused by anything more modern than the late 90s and partakes in sugar daddy and escort services to assuage his lonely libido. To save you all three wasted hours George Caloum refuses to sell all 3 years after being offered exactly what he wants, then he fires his general manager and inserts himself into the position because he's paranoid. This docuseries in my mind fails to explore the more interesting parts of the Renaissance Festival's history, such as multiple deaths, murders, drug running, and much much more to focus on a frustrating octogenarian. As others have already emphasized this is less a docuseries and more a drama retold in 3 hour long chunks. Save yourself the time and skip it. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review Chadd J This was not a docuseries it was a very boring reality series. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/24/24 Full Review Dean H Very cool documentary I found myself rooting for several of the main people. It had echo's of staging so I couldn't give it five stars Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/24/24 Full Review m s I don't understand how people enjoy this show. I love Houston's Ren Fest, but this "doc" put me to sleep. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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