- Network: Prime Video , AMAZON
- Series Premiere Date: May 21, 2021
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The performances in Solos would have really worked well on stage. But on TV, even the sharp performances can’t make up for lack of action or story propulsion. There’s a reason why monologuing rarely translates well to film or TV, and Solos shows why.
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The series instantly dates itself with its monologues and it’s doubtful fans will watch more than one episode considering there’s no actual plot.
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Every idea here feels superficially confronted. Nothing feels like insight, only constant melodrama that barely connects to modern or future concerns. Other than the occasional acting choice (by Beharie or Aduba, particularly), everything here is predictable, bland, and unrealistic. And so “Solos” verges from just misguided into insulting, pushing buttons in the most uninteresting way to get a response—it takes a special kind of nerve to use dying parents to provoke an emotional response in the first two episodes of an anthology series.
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Amazon’s Solos, a monologue-driven, single-set, vaguely sci-fi anthology drama that might inspire even the most earnest acting student to roll their eyes at its lazy self-indulgence and overwrought intensity.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 1 out of 5
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Negative: 1 out of 5
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Jul 28, 2021This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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Jun 3, 2021