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Positive:
9
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews
May 16, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The Big Cigar works on multiple levels. It’s a retro action thriller. It’s a fictional representation of American history and the biography of a countercultural giant. It’s a showcase for Nivola, Boone, and especially Holland, who balances Huey’s intelligence, courage, and post-traumatic paranoia. There’s humor in the culture clash between revolutionaries and Hollywood types.
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The Daily BeastMay 16, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The Big Cigar, unsurprisingly, adds another striking performance to Holland’s inspiring oeuvre. Most impressive is how Cheadle commands tone, with a jazziness to the dialogue and editing that can inject fun and humor but also lend appropriate weight to the moments where Newton describes the feeling that death waits for him around every corner.
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IndieWireMay 17, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Yes, focusing on one part of his life (escaping to Cuba) helps the series from becoming a bloated, predictable slog, but jumping between timelines is exhausting, and major life moments are too often reduced to lip service. .... There’s one impeccable element: André Holland. Perfectly cast and delivering a performance filled with equal parts fear, anger, and tenderness.
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May 16, 2024
Season 1 Review:
There are intriguing snippets in all these various timelines, but the shuttling back and forth deprives The Big Cigar from the nimble cadence it requires to keep up with Holland’s narration, Newton’s story, and the vibrant ’70s aesthetic directors like Don Cheadle bring to the series.
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RogerEbert.comMay 17, 2024
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