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More of a curiosity than a necessity.
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[The episodes are] smarter than you might expect but not quite as clever as they work at being. Like the family unit it portrays, this dark/lighthearted drama tries to have everything at once and struggles under the far-reaching effort.
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The first five hours feel more soapy than salacious.
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By the end of the five episodes HBO sent for review, one's interest in the tangled future of this offbeat clan may be piqued, but be forewarned, it takes a while -- and there are a lot of petty spats and crying kids -- before one gets to that point.
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"Big Love" gets better and more compelling, once the plot thickens and the wives' personalities and conflicts take deeper form.
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It's not an easy task to figure out where the thing is going, but it is intriguing watching it go there.
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Hopefully, the scriptwriting will improve and make better use of the cast, which is ripe for higher-quality material.
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Its impressive cast can't beef up the show's predictable conflicts and pedestrian secrets.
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From what I can tell, the goal of Love is to prove that life can be just as mundane, colorless and boring with three spouses as it can with one or none. Mission accomplished.
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There are good things in it, some well-written scenes and dynamic exchanges and excellent acting... But, ultimately, it doesn't cohere or quite convince.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 83 out of 123
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Mixed: 9 out of 123
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Negative: 31 out of 123
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Jan 3, 2022Intresting premise written with enough care to warrant your attention. Complicated family drama that explores polygamy from an objective eye.
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Apr 21, 2011
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Nov 16, 2010