- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: May 2, 2024
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The dialogue bristles and the acting is top-notch. If it keeps this level up for the next five episodes, it will be essential viewing.
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A Man in Full is workmanlike in comparison [to Succession]. But perhaps that’s invidious. Standing alone, it is more than good enough.
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Yes, it’s a lot to unpack. But with the prolific David E. Kelley (“Ally McBeal,” “Big Little Lies,” et al.) as showrunner, writer and executive producer, and directing duties split between actor-filmmaker Regina King (“One Night in Miami”) and Thomas Schlamme (“The West Wing,” “The Americans”), each story gets just the right amount of play, and the result is a rich mix of sudsy but spot-on social commentary and satire.
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A thin and reductive take on the famed author’s sprawling saga of Southern America, it nonetheless struts about with swaggering ferocity, led by Jeff Daniels’ full-bodied performance as a blustery, bloviating capitalist predator.
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The show is not as good as the book. The catch is, it’s still pretty good.
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While “A Man in Full” begins with promise, this limited series – like its lead character — falls apart by the end, which tosses out the novel’s denouement in favor of an ending that relies on Kelley’s baser instincts.