• Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: May 10, 2023
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0.1

Overwhelming dislike- based on 383 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 383

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  1. May 16, 2023
    5
    I have no idea if this is worth a darn or not but seeing all the whining "F*** your feeling" crowd out in full force because someone is black on film needs a response. You should all go and watch Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's so you can get back in your racist happy place.
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45

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    May 11, 2023
    40
    Obviously it can’t be serious historians (although it has serious historians in it) because they don’t need key moments acted out by thespians hamming it up like an episode of Tracy Beaker. Then again it has too many clever talking heads to please those who like history served up like Carry On Cleo.
  2. Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    May 10, 2023
    40
    Though we liked the experts that were interviewed for Queen Cleopatra, as well as Adele James’ performance as the famous queen, the dramatic sequences leave too much to be desired to keep us from just reading about Cleopatra online to get the information we want.
  3. Reviewed by: Leila Latif
    May 10, 2023
    60
    Despite having to vacillate between descriptions of her subject as a politician, a seductress and a warrior, James manages to excel in each. She brings intelligence and nuance to a performance that is strikingly better than what surrounds her.