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Critic Reviews
TV Guide MagazineDec 1, 2016
Season 1 Review:
If the acting is often raw and the plotting messy, that seems about right. It's too soon for this Star to be polished. [5-18 Dec 2016, p.23]
Dec 14, 2016
Season 1 Review:
The musical numbers are the best part of Star, and all three of the young leads seem to have singing talent as well as fresh faces. ... The negative to that is that none of the three is much of an actress, and their weak performances can't give the show the weight or momentum it needs. Awkward dialogue and cliched plots are additional problems.
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Dec 14, 2016
Season 1 Review:
It’s a very tentative introduction, made all the more surprising by the fact that Daniels wrote and directed it from his own treatment. It doesn’t foster much confidence, let alone interest, in a series when even its creator is unsure of how to flesh out that world.
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The Daily BeastDec 14, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Pick through that mess, and even the biggest Daniels skeptic will find a fierce commitment to progressive social issues; a knack for writing showcases for actresses of color that are so often slighted by Hollywood; and a kind of Shakespeare-meets-camp delight for dialogue that is as operatic as it is silly--though only effective about as often as you’d expect with that kind of ambition.
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Dec 8, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Moving past Daniels' sometimes tin ear for dialogue--or insistence on saddling actors with clumsy soap dialogue in scenes that are staged as naturalistic--wouldn't hurt the actors, because it's hard to find praise for Destiny, O'Grady or Demorest, each struggling with broad or inconsistent character introductions.
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ColliderJan 4, 2017
Season 1 Review:
If Daniels had put more emphasis on the polish of his artifice and gave the show’s aesthetic the same bombast that it’s tawdry, openly cheesy dialogue gives the story, Star might have proven to be a subversive, infuriated series. It’s overall look, however, is more chintzy than anything else, wrecked with soft focus and lazy, unconvincing you-are-there camerawork.
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Dec 14, 2016
Season 1 Review:
It lacks any character as vital and vivid as Taraji P. Henson’s Cookie. The dialogue is overwrought, and frequently tells us the very things we’re seeing on screen. The trio of aspiring stars are plucky, but they’re not very interesting, and neither is the music they sing.
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Dec 14, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Star is a lot of different things that add up to little that’s worth the time investment. After a few episodes, you may be inclined to reach the same conclusion that Big Boi, who makes a cameo appearance in episode three, eventually does: “You know what? Too much drama, I’m outta here.”
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Dec 8, 2016
Season 1 Review:
There’s not much depth or discipline in this sloppy story, so less talented cast members either flounder or oversell the material they’ve been given, and some characters veer toward cartoonish stereotypes. The show also is saddled with a derivative murder mystery straight out of an uninspired procedural.
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IndieWireDec 15, 2016
Season 1 Review:
Rather than honestly represent the storyline’s treacherous scenarios--which include parental, drug, and alcohol abuse, as well as more outrageous extremes like murder--Daniels’ drama exploits the perilous conditions it portrays, grounding its fantasy in a false reality.
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