Seduced and Abandoned: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: October 28, 2013

Summary: Director-writer James Toback and Alec Baldwin go to Cannes to solicit funding for a film called "Last Tango in Tikrit" and along the way talk to other filmmakers about the film business in this HBO "documentary."

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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S1:E1. Seduced and Abandoned
Air Date: October 28, 2013

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David Wiegand

Oct 25, 2013

Every enlightening, poignant or funny word is true in the documentary airing Monday on HBO. The fact that it is so funny eventually becomes strangely sad, which makes the film thoroughly enjoyable but also irresistibly provocative. Read full review

Uncle Barky Ed Bark

Oct 25, 2013

Seduced and Abandoned doesn’t always stay on track, but nonetheless never derails. It’s both a romp and a stomp, with Cannes the go-between. Read full review

Clark Collis

Oct 25, 2013

While Seduced and Abandoned may be hard to categorize, it is easy to sum up: amazing. Read full review

Tom Long

Oct 25, 2013

There are knocks in Seduced and Abandoned, but none of them seem that hard. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Oct 28, 2013

If it’s even partly a put-on, Seduced and Abandoned is nevertheless a fun, larky travel essay and commentary on the film biz, an exquisite wallow in the most rarefied sort of first-world problems. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Oct 31, 2013

[Toback is] an uneven director, yes, but a frequently brilliant interviewer. Read full review

David Hinckley

Oct 28, 2013

It’s all done in a tone of subtly absurdist humor, which is fine but wearing. While explanations of international marketability and aftermarket products may fascinate Hollywood, they soon become white noise. Read full review

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NoahCoward

Oct 29, 2013

You know how there are certain projects that critics love just because they think the concept is clever, they like the people, there's a sly insider prospective, etc. This is one of those projects. The reviews were good, I like Alec Baldwin, I was expecting to like it. BUT about half wayYou know how there are certain projects that critics love just because they think the concept is clever, they like the people, there's a sly insider prospective, etc. This is one of those projects. The reviews were good, I like Alec Baldwin, I was expecting to like it. BUT about half way in, I was bored and not really appreciating it.

The concept is unusual, a movie about making a movie loaded with interviews with real people we all know. Many of the interviews were tedious, (Ryan Gosling an exception)

Baldwin and James Toback fill in the gaps with lots of footage of themselves engaged in various activities related to making their faux film. This may be entertaining for those who find Baldwin and Toback as fascinating as they themselves apparently believe they are.

The critics may like it, I was disappointed. Feel like this is a case of "The Emperors New Clothes," nothing really there.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 28, 2013
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  S1:E1. Seduced and Abandoned
  Air Date: October 28, 2013