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Critic Reviews
ColliderDec 2, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Overall, George & Tammy is as evocative as it is entertaining. Chastain shows off her exceptional range as an actress, and she'll likely have a head start on next year's Emmy Awards by the end of the limited series' run — it'll be a shame if she and Shannon don't earn nominations, at the very least. ... The series is easily one of the best musical biopics released in recent memory.
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The PlaylistNov 29, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Chastain projects fragility and toughness; Shannon can be equally terrifying and tender. It is very much their rodeo. ... Some themes of being taken advantage of are hammered home more than necessary, but the heart of the story is firmly in the palm of Chastain and Shannon’s hands. Whether showcasing the good or bad times, “George & Tammy” is a triumph.
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RogerEbert.comDec 1, 2022
The TimesDec 7, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The performances of Michael Shannon as George and Jessica Chastain as Tammy are dazzling and the chemistry between them sparky. The dialogue, which could have been cliched, is sharp and lean and the singing good (Chastain and Shannon had vocal training for the series).
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Dec 6, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The necessary biopic parts are all here. But George & Tammy is buoyed remarkably by its two terrific leads, with Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain embodying the best and worst about the country stars as both distinct individuals and two people in a loving but combative celebrity relationship.
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The Daily BeastDec 5, 2022
The GuardianDec 5, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The period details are gorgeous, gaudy, kitsch and vivid, but most of the screen time is used to linger on Chastain and Shannon’s faces in closeup. The show is more concerned with the intimate details of love and despair than the lure of the spotlight, and it is stronger for it.
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Dec 5, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Even if the broader outlines of its story are reminiscent of other music-focused films and shows, what makes this portrait so watchable is the shading brought to it by Chastain and Shannon. They show up in every episode with every color of paint on their palette, and display an effortless sense of control over every single stroke.
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Nov 29, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It lingers on the way Tammy and George simply look each other, and Chastain and Shannon speak volumes through the way their eyes light up or darken or soften around one another. That both turn in exceptional performances should come as little surprise (even if their impressive singing voices do). But in scenes together, the intensity of their chemistry seems to show each of them in a whole new light.
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Dec 2, 2022
Season 1 Review:
“George & Tammy” is at times overwrought, and the dialogue occasionally veers into soap opera territory. But, thanks in large part to Shannon and Chastain delivering powerful, fiery, larger-than-life performances suitable for the characters they’re portraying, it’s a compelling period-piece melodrama, filled with impressive musical performances.
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Dec 2, 2022
Season 1 Review:
As biopics go, “George & Tammy” is better than most, beautifully acted, nicely filmed, full of music and not lacking for crazy, infamous events. But a series that claims to represent real historical events can lead one to wonder, distractedly, what truly happened and what was embellished or didn’t happen at all. ... For much of the six episodes, you may feel as if you’re watching a riff on “A Star Is Born.”
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Dec 2, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Reuniting Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, the series relies heavily on the actors’ own chemistry and the longevity of Jones and Wynette’s impassioned lyrics, rather than the strength of its own story. ... Sylvia and director John Hillcoat’s desire to recreate these defining moments and present them with their accompanying ballads holds the series back from ever reaching any further intimacy with Jones and Wynette.
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Nov 29, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Unfortunately, Shannon and Chastain are burdened with a script that’s marred by uneven pacing and jarring leaps in time. ... It’s a testament to the immersive and deeply felt performances of its two leads that George & Tammy manages to bring its titular iconic figures to life.
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The TelegraphDec 5, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It might also have been better if they talked less, too – writer Abe Sylvia seems to have got carried away with country lyrics to the point where lines as corny as “Fast is the only speed I know. I’ll take you any way you want to go” somehow made it into the mouths of actual people. Much better was when the camera lingered on the two leads neither singing nor spouting folk wisdom, but instead evincing a fierce chemistry.
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IndieWireNov 29, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Shannon and Chastain give it their all, belting out their own vocals during full renditions of the couple’s country classics. They capture an arresting chemistry — a combination of big-screen bravado and raw sexual attraction rarely seen in modern entertainment — but on their own, they can’t help but repeat familiar beats in what amounts to a stretched-out movie covering the couple’s most well-known moments.
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Dec 1, 2022
Season 1 Review:
“George & Tammy” never takes on a coherent shape. It’s a greatest-hits album of Jones and Wynette anecdotes, some presented with style and some perfunctory or maudlin, strung together between songs. ... Whenever Chastain or Shannon is onscreen, however, the series is likely to hold your attention, even when nothing particularly interesting is going on.
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The IndependentDec 5, 2022
Season 1 Review:
George & Tammy is a lavish soap opera; a crooning, booze-soaked Nashville melodrama. Many of us might be surprised that Shannon and Chastain expended their considerable talents on such thin material. Perhaps the only fans that George & Tammy will find, then, are the people who were already enraptured by its namesakes.
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