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Mixed: 8 out of 65
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Jun 25, 2020More like bad James Ellroy than Perry Mason. Liked the titles and on-screen graphics which fitted in well with the era depicted.
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Jun 21, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 15, 2020Seemed like a good idea and it certainly captured the look of the era, but it just reminded me of a cut-rate Chinatown with no real payoff.
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By about episode 3 it hits its stride, and you realize that as splashy as the murder mystery hook might be, it is not the plot that is the puzzle here, it is the people. There is a jigsaw-player’s pleasure in watching how their scattered, frayed edges will eventually fit together, how they will slowly reconfigure across the eight episodes into a stable new status quo. That of course relies on exceptional performances and “Perry Mason” delivers right across the cast.
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Strained at times, wandering at others, “Perry Mason” finds its footing eventually and by its end you may want to watch a second season even as you hope it’s better than the first.
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So much attention is paid to establishing Mason as a complicated and sufficiently pained male protagonist (and Rhys, to his credit, has a greater range with watchable mournfulness than anyone else on television) that the other elements of the story can get lost. ... The stylistic self-indulgence and narrative nebulousness are more of a shame because when Mason finally finds himself in court, all the pieces of the show fall into place.