Season 1 – The Curse

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Dan H There's something about Nathan Fielder's work that's hard to turn away from but ultimately makes my soul feel like it's rotting after I watch it. I got through two episodes before I had to save myself and shut it off. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/25 Full Review Robin H Absolutely loved this. My favorite was the long close-up shots on the actors' faces. Especially Benny Safdie. Just looking at him made me scream with laughter every time he came on screen. Extremely subtle, extremely weird acting. If you tend to prefer commercial shows with formulaic plots, etc., this is not for you. This is satire and cringe factor in its purest form. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/21/24 Full Review Jenaro V Estas series meta de verdad no es algo con lo que conecte y menos con este tipo de humor tan denso, o como se le conoce ahora "post-humor", todo tan incomodo, tan absurdo, con tramas que no van a nada o inconclusas, si rescato lo nefastos e interesante que son los personajes, pero nada más. Mientras la veía recordé mucho a Irma Vep, aunque esa fue más graciosa y surreal. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/10/24 Full Review Joshua S I thought surely this show would get interesting at some point, or Nathan would have some funny sketches or something. I watched the entire season and it only got worse. The final episode was the most inconclusive nonsense I think I've ever seen on a series. It made no sense at all and made me regret ever watching a single episode. This show has terrible writing... None of the episodes ever really have direction at any given time. That might work with slap stick comedy but that isn't this. Save your time and skip this one. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/02/24 Full Review Cyril R A shock, a marvel. The production, working on slow zooms, wide, distant, obstructed shots, and the electronic music, often offbeat in its vague menace contrasting with the good spirits of the universe, are fascinating and at a level that I have almost never met on TV. And even less so in a TV comedy. Because it’s funny, sometimes, often. Nathan Fielder, Benny Safdie, Emma Stone, are hilarious and exciting. The rest of the cast, professional actors and complete amateurs caught in the street, form a lively and fresh ensemble. The satire here is light, complex, never Manichean. But of course, it's not all funny. First, the use of the context of reality TV allows for a sometimes dizzying mise en abyme where fiction and reality mix and blur, which is a major theme of Nathan Fielder's work. Also it is “The Curse,” literally. The threat is real, haunting, obsessive. The series reminded me a lot of 'A Serious Man' by the Coen brothers, another masterpiece of Jewish interrogation of destiny and anxiety. My final question is: what is the effect of all this on the viewer? Could this enjoyable but anxiety-provoking spectacle have a negative effect on his levels of self-confidence? Can The Curse be a curse? An old question about the usefulness of art that is difficult to answer. In any case, I was just surprised, excited, fascinated, passionate about it all. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review Ted C a gloriously absurd, brutal show about colonist culture and the folly of commodifying virtue Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/12/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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