Flesh and Bone

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Season 1
  • Network: Starz
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 8, 2015
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 59
  3. Negative: 15 out of 59
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  1. cathymorris70
    Nov 28, 2015
    10
    I really enjoyed this series, love the fact they used real dancers! The characters are very complex and Claire's story is sad as it unravels and is revealed. I think by the end of the 8 episodes she has found her strength and I would love to see where that takes her. I'd love to see more of the other characters background stories too as you don't really get to see it. I think they couldI really enjoyed this series, love the fact they used real dancers! The characters are very complex and Claire's story is sad as it unravels and is revealed. I think by the end of the 8 episodes she has found her strength and I would love to see where that takes her. I'd love to see more of the other characters background stories too as you don't really get to see it. I think they could take this series far with so many interesting stories to reveal. I like that it's dark and not your usual fluff you get on TV!… Expand
  2. tatilay
    Jan 8, 2016
    10
    Very intense and characters well achieved. Was very gripping from the first chapter. Was great to use a real ballet dancers. This series is awesome. I'd love to see more chapters.
  3. LayGa
    Jan 8, 2016
    10
    I enjoyed this series a lot. Interesting for those people who are tired of "the typical and romantic life", becomes very common in the series, and up are boring. I think I enjoyed it more because they are really ballet dancers.
  4. Lisawalls
    Nov 9, 2015
    0
    This has to be the absolute worst television show ever produced. The opportunity to showcase talent, reveal a Realistic glimpse into the professional ballet world and demonstrate the beauty of dance was completely wasted. The show is unrealistic, pornographic, moronic and senseless. The storyline spirals senselessly from one jaded cliche to another. BTW there is NO WAY I can encourage myThis has to be the absolute worst television show ever produced. The opportunity to showcase talent, reveal a Realistic glimpse into the professional ballet world and demonstrate the beauty of dance was completely wasted. The show is unrealistic, pornographic, moronic and senseless. The storyline spirals senselessly from one jaded cliche to another. BTW there is NO WAY I can encourage my dance students to watch this series. I would be arrested for child endangerment.… Expand
  5. archierouge
    Nov 11, 2015
    1
    I'm sorry but after watching the first episode of Flesh and Bone--- how do you cast this show in a feminist light? Flesh and Bone is to feminism what the TV show Revenge is to Macbeth. The longest screen time devoted to choreography was the pole dancing scene, which actually and with a straight face tries to convey that the ballet dancer lives in a $18-million Manhattan condo cause she'sI'm sorry but after watching the first episode of Flesh and Bone--- how do you cast this show in a feminist light? Flesh and Bone is to feminism what the TV show Revenge is to Macbeth. The longest screen time devoted to choreography was the pole dancing scene, which actually and with a straight face tries to convey that the ballet dancer lives in a $18-million Manhattan condo cause she's moonlighting as a stripper/lapdancer.

    "Clare" comes across like a timid rabbit, on the verge of tears with trembling lips half of the time, doesn't get a single smart line of dialogue and willingly lets herself be used as a tool for seduction.Hey, did she clean that stain off the guy's tie yet?

    And of course the company director is a gay monster-Caligula who lords over his female slaves like there's no tomorrow.

    "This crazy thing happened that sort of felt like a lightning strike and the Muse showed up, and I knew what the whole thing was. I started writing it down longhand as fast as I could."

    May be Ms. Walley- Beckett would have a better script on her hands if she had actually spend some time with a real company after leaving that motel room.

    Flesh and Bone is another trashy exploitation drama dressed up as a show about female protagonists.

    Watch Save The Last Dance or Centerstage for honest, superior storytelling about the world of dance and young women.    … Expand
  6. DakotaFred
    Nov 15, 2015
    0
    Absolutely, completely and utterly one of, if not the largest pieces of horse pucky to ever be aired.

    Entirely unrealistic. Boring. Offensive. On and on.. it tries SO hard to insult, um.. EVERYONE! But miserably fails, instead coming off like a horribly written, directed and acted bunch of poor wanna-be idiotic privileged little snowflakes chasing the stereotypical American    Absolutely, completely and utterly one of, if not the largest pieces of horse pucky to ever be aired.

    Entirely unrealistic. Boring. Offensive. On and on.. it tries SO hard to insult, um.. EVERYONE! But miserably fails, instead coming off like a horribly written, directed and acted bunch of poor wanna-be idiotic privileged little snowflakes chasing the stereotypical American everything-for-nuthin generation now dream. Pathetic I tell you.

    Nudity, incest, rape, domestic abuse, violence, child sex slavery, racism, language, drug use, alcoholism, sexual deviancy, strippers, backstreet hookers, mobsters, murder, embezzlers, mentally retarded deranged homeless angle etc etc etc.. yeah, it somehow manages to incorporate all of the above and more. Yeah, thats the wonderful world of ballet alright! LOL... please.

    Get a life Starz. Take your wanna-be shock for ratings, desensitizing, dumbed down, trash TV and shove it.    … Expand
  7. remarkable264
    Nov 16, 2015
    4
    In my opinion, this show isn't much about ballet but about mental illness. Almost every character on this show is deeply disturbed. But unfortunately, it's not like you could relate to them. Instead, it's almost unbearable to watch these people who behave unbelievably destructive and ruthless.
  8. dylan111
    Nov 21, 2015
    3
    The problem with Flesh and Bone and The Black Swan is that they portray the ballet world in such a dark, dreary, negative light that it seems no one would ever want to be a dancer. And yet thousands of kids around the world study for years to join companies, chasing that holy grail to perhaps become a lead dancer. It's because there's a lot of joy in dancing, and there's also friendshipThe problem with Flesh and Bone and The Black Swan is that they portray the ballet world in such a dark, dreary, negative light that it seems no one would ever want to be a dancer. And yet thousands of kids around the world study for years to join companies, chasing that holy grail to perhaps become a lead dancer. It's because there's a lot of joy in dancing, and there's also friendship and comraderie among the dancers, as well as competition. Movies like The Turning Point, The Company, Center Stage and The Ballerina, a documentary, capture that world more realistically because they depict the beauty of ballet and the fulfillment and happiness the dancers feel practicing, rehearsing, and performing.

    Flesh and Bone would be a much better series if it didn't insinuate that only the damaged participate in ballet.    … Expand
  9. Namtuc
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    It is hard to believe Claire is so beautiful and such a wonderful dancer that everyone gasps when she enters. Haven't seen that at all. Think some of the other girls are prettier and better actors. She hasn't changed expressions since the first episode. She just comes to the company and she's a star????
  10. wmvincent
    Feb 6, 2016
    6
    This series is a mixed bag--compelling in some ways, repellant in others. Production values are quite good, and I enjoyed the acting on the whole. What I found galling was the **** displayed by a number of dancers toward each other--to the point of being unrealistic (surely!). But what I found especially off-putting was the ballet company's artistic director, Paul Grayson. I'm gladThis series is a mixed bag--compelling in some ways, repellant in others. Production values are quite good, and I enjoyed the acting on the whole. What I found galling was the **** displayed by a number of dancers toward each other--to the point of being unrealistic (surely!). But what I found especially off-putting was the ballet company's artistic director, Paul Grayson. I'm glad that this series is only one season long; I couldn't stomach viewing another with that insufferably selfish and melodramatic ass.… Expand
  11. hauntedChae
    Jan 29, 2016
    10
    Uma minisserie intensa e forte, um tapa na cara de muitas pessoas. Mostrou o lado ruim das coisas, a que ponto o ser humano pode chegar para subir na vida, o lado ruim do ballet e toda a ganancia das pessoas. Sem falar que a serie mostrou a Sindrome da protagonista de uma forma incrivel, fazendo com que o publico entenda que isso é algo que acontece no dia a dia de varias pessoas
  12. DavidDaniel
    Dec 25, 2017
    8
    It can be uncomfortable to watch. Though, there's no doubt it's a well-done drama. The performances across the cast are great, Sarah Hay and Ben Daniels shine the most.

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Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 19
  3. Negative: 4 out of 19
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Ellen Dunkel
    Nov 9, 2015
    80
    As a drama, Flesh and Bone is compelling and ripe for binge-watching.
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  2. The Wrap
    Reviewed by: Amber Dowling
    Nov 9, 2015
    40
    Unfortunately the end result is a cast of supporting characters that fall flat without the proper development, and a lead that never quite opens up to the audience.
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  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Nov 9, 2015
    75
    As Flesh and Bone unfolds, though, the story gets darker and more warped, not just for self-destructive Claire but also for the rest of the troupe.... All [of] this is frequently hard to watch, but also impossibly addictive.
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