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Generally favorable reviews- based on 41 Ratings
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Positive: 27 out of 41
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Mixed: 2 out of 41
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Negative: 12 out of 41
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Jan 7, 2022The writing has dropped off. Catherine has become a boring arrogant character. I understand there's no historical accuracy and that Catherine The Great was infact horrible to the serfs, and started multiple wars at the expense of human life, but at least make the fictional version of her more enjoyable to watch.
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Nov 26, 2021I really liked the 1st season but I'm not enjoying the 2nd one, sadly. Katherine is annoying af and doesn't seem any better than her husband. She reminds me of Kahleesi in Game of Thrones. That's where I can see things headed. It's odd she drinking and doing drugs while pregnant
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Nov 22, 2021Come on, it literally says in the beginning of every episode "A Sometimes True Story."
I mean let's think a little bit here, when you read that, why would you be expecting documentary like accuracy?
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Nov 24, 2021This show is top shelf in all departments, beginning with the brilliant writing. It's hilarious and pitch perfect. One of the best shows currently on television...period.
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Nov 30, 2021bad
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Nov 19, 2021Total bullcrap, just like season 1. Zero historical accuracy. Not funny, and most importantly not at all interesting. It's a shame and nothing more!
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Nov 19, 2021Just like the first season it suffers from cultural appropriation of Russian History and culture. Nothing about this show is historical accurate and relies on stereotypes. No Russian actors or even staff were brought in for this series. It's 2021 and this type of appropriation should not be acceptable. The writers and actors should stay in there lane and not steal from other people cultures.
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Nov 22, 2021As usual, the sad bigots are out in full force. Ignore them, this show only just got better.
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Nov 22, 2021Love watching this show with my wife, and it's so well done. Not sure how people can give this rating a literal zero
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Nov 23, 2021Ignore the morons who somehow think this is supposed to be a historical show. It's smart and funny, and unabashedly delightful with obscenities and ridiculous characters. Aunt Elizabeth alone is worth the viewing. Enjoy, enjoy :)
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May 5, 2023Dont really review anything but this show is criminally under-rated. The bad reviews speak for themselves though, clearly idiots who have no idea what great writing is.
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Hoult is very funny at portraying these things at once, although – rather like a toddler – his behaviour can become wearing. Writer Tony McNamara falls back on sexual references and swearing a bit too often. Catherine’s character, though, is a bit of a void. Fanning looks very lovely in a succession of fabulous costumes, but it’s hard to discern what is going on inside her head.
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It is so assuredly in the groove. Every scene, every line of Tony McNamara’s script carries its own wicked hedonism: there is always something to enjoy that’s ruder, sillier or sharper than other shows would dare to include.
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It’s as bawdy, profane, and thoroughly enjoyable as ever, as it makes fun of political battles, the hollowness of hedonism, the contradictions of marriage, the insatiable hunger of warmongers, and how our unresolved parental issues can drive us to extremes.